On  the  -JYCarch 


A  resume  of  the  purpose  and  progress  of 
Northern  Baptists  since  1919 


The  General  Board  op  Promotion 
of 

The  Northern  Baptist  Convention 
276  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City 


1923 


ilarrijmg;  dirtier# 


“d5o  pe  therefore  anb  tnaUe  bisciplcs  of  all 
tlje  nations,  baptising  tljcm  into  tbe  name 
cf  tlje  Jfatfjer,  anb  of  tljc  i?on,  anb  of  tfje 
3?olp  spirit:  teaching  them  to  obserbe  all 
things  tobatsceber  3  commanbeb  pou:  anb 
lo,  3  am  toitlj  pou  altoaps,  eben  unto  the 
enb  of  tfje  toorlb.” 


Printed  in  U.  S.  A. 


Do  You  Remember  ’Way  Back 


When  we  could  point  to  no  concrete  and  distinctive  denomina¬ 
tional  aims? 

When  we  had  not  yet  recognized  the  oneness  of  all  phases  of 
the  Christian’s  task? 

When  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Average  Church-Member  contributed  to 
missions  strictly  by  accident — were  they  present  on  the  Sunday 
missions  was  presented? 

When  we  had  not  learned  to  think  in  terms  of  a  Northern 
Baptist  army,  a  million  and  a  half  strong,  with  Christ  as  Com- 
mander-in-Chief? 

When  the  three  I’s  of  our  Responsibility  did  not  yet  mean  the 
Importance,  the  Immediacy,  and  the  Indivisibility  of  our  whole 
Baptist  task? 

When  foreign  mission  enthusiasts  knew  little  about  the  great 
home  mission  opportunities,  and  vice  versa? 

When  our  denominational  giving  was  per  capita  instead  of  per 
cardia? 

When  in  missionary  education  the  motive  was  strong  but  the 
methods  were  weak? 

When  our  more  than  9,000  churches  did  not  know  the  unifying 
power  of  a  definite  common  objective? 

When  denominational  recognition  and  advocacy  of  stewardship 
in  time  and  talents,  mind  and  money,  were  local  rather  than 
national  ? 


IF  SO,  THEN  THE  NEW  WORLD  MOVEMENT 
HAS  A  CLAIM  UPON  YOUR  INTEREST 


First  Baptist  Church 

INDIANAPOLIS. 

The  'Home  of  the  Pr  esident  of 


Judson  Memorial  Church 
New  York 

Ministering  lo  the  Multitude^ 
of  a  Great  City. 


the  Northern  Bwpfist  Convention 

BjBnR  55 

Ouvn  Church  (Negro;  Chicago 
feriargesl  Sipiist  Oiurchmtt*  World. 


Calvary  Baptist  Church 

WASHINGTON. 

%e  Church  of  the  President 
of  the  United  State*. 


First  Baptist  Church,  Providence 

Hie  Oldest  Baptist  Church  in  America. 


“Sotdiefr  Summit  Church,  Wah 
Serving  art  Isolated 

intern  Community. 


Lake  Avekue  Church,  RocnEsrER 

A  Church  with  3n  Oulsiandihq 
''Program  and  Equipment 


First  Slovak  Church 

tIINNEAPOllS 

She  Home  of  a  New  Ameriun  Church. 


Enter  into  His  gates  with, 
thanksgiving  an£  into 
His  courts  with  praise* 


An$  graven  onthy  Kami  * 


“  There's  a  church  in  the  valley  by  the  wildwood, 
No  lovelier  place  in  the  dale, 

No  spot  is  so  dear  to  my  childhood 
As  the  little  brown  church  in  the  vale” 


TO  MANY  of  us,  the  “wildwood”  and  “dale”  are  metaphorical,  for 
memory  presents  a  quiet  village  street  or  a  crowded  city  thoroughfare; 
to  most  of  us  the  brownness  and  the  littleness  are  not  literal  terms 
but  simply  suggestive  of  endearment  and  remembered  quietude.  But  to 
each  of  us  alike  there  comes  a  deep  glow  of  affection  and  we  feel  a  quick 
warmth  of  interest  as  we  recall  the  church,  wherever  it  may  stand,  which 
first  knew  our  consecration  of  heart  and  life  to  the  service  of  Jesus  Christ. 
The  church  where  we  first  worshiped  God  in  spirit  and  in  truth  holds  for 
us  hallowed  memories  and  its  influence  we  can  never  entirely  escape. 

A  missionary  administrator  said  the  other  day  of  a  talented  and  gracious 
young  woman  applying  to  be  sent  out  into  a  difficult  field  of  service,  “She  is 
one  of  those  trickles  of  influence  flowing  out  from  a  church  that  isn’t 
much  on  the  map.”  It  is  these  very  “trickles  of  influence”  that  flow  to¬ 
gether  to  make  the  mighty  stream  of  Christian  power.  Without  these 
trickles  there  would  be  no  stream;  the  churches  that  send  them  forth,  in¬ 
stead  of  being  on  the  map,  are  helping  to  make  the  map.  It  is  to  these 
churches  that  are  with  quiet  faithfulness,  often  in  the  face  of  discourage¬ 
ments,  carrying  on  the  great  Kingdom  tasks,  to  these  churches  which  we 
as  Northern  Baptists  all  hold  dear,  that  this  book  is  dedicated. 

It  is  to  the  members  of  these  churches,  the  true  strength,  humanly 
speaking,  of  our  great  denomination,  that  this  message  is  “broadcasted.” 

A  Glance  Back 

The  hundreds  of  Baptists  who  gathered  at  Denver  in  1919,  as  repre¬ 
sentatives  of  local  churches  in  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention,  listened 
to  the  report  of  their  Committee  on  Survey  and  many  of  them  for  the  first 
time  saw  the  world  as  their  whole  field  of  action.  They  caught  their  first 
view  of  the  needs  of  the  world  as  interrelated  needs,  none  of  which  would  be 
completely  met  until  all  were  met.  They  recognized  that  the  Christian 
education  of  the  boys  and  girls  of  Idaho  might  be  a  factor  in  the  evangeliza¬ 
tion  of  the  natives  of  far-away  Africa;  that  provision  for  the  old  age  or  ill- 
health  of  our  missionaries  and  ministers  was  not  only  simple  justice  in 
itself  but  would  justify  us  in  continuing  to  call  into  these  lines  of  service 
many  of  our  finest  young  men  and  women. 

In  the  conviction  that  the  forms  of  activity  and  types  of  work  suggested, 
the  aims  and  ideals  recommended,  would  hasten  the  time  when  “the 
kingdoms  of  this  world  are  become  the  Kingdom  of  our  Lord  and  of  His 
Christ,”  the  representatives  present  voted  to  enter  upon  the  tasks  proposed. 
In  taking  this  action,  they  endorsed  no  visionary  plan  for  the  general  up- 

“How  soft  the  music  of  those  village  bells!” 

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lift  and  betterment  of  the  world,  but  they  undertook  a  campaign  for  the 
accomplishment  of  definite  objectives  presented  in  printed  form  and 
adopted.  These  objectives  had  been  chosen  after  months  of  prayerful  con¬ 
sideration  by  the  organizations  which  had  for  years  been  carrying  on  these 
various  forms  of  work.  They  had  been  selected  as  the  most  pressing  needs 
which  the  denomination  might  reasonably  be  expected  to  meet  within  a 
period  of  five  years. 

The  undertaking  thus  entered  upon,  which  was  later  named  THE  NEW 
WORLD  MOVEMENT,  was  not  primarily  a  financial  campaign.  The 
consideration  of  money  entered  into  it  no  more  than  into  the  planning  of  a 
child  to  make  a  gift  to  his  father.  The  child  must  of  necessity  be  guided 
in  the  choice  of  his  gift  by  the  amount  of  money  he  can  afford  for  it;  he 
may  say,  “  My  gift  to  my  father  will  cost  $3,”  but  uppermost  in  his  mind 
is  the  desire  to  give  expression  to  his  love  and  gratitude. 

And  so  uppermost  in  the  minds  of  Northern  Baptists  was  their  grati¬ 
tude  to  God,  together  with  their  new  conception  of  the  world’s  great  need. 
They  recognized  their  ability,  under  God’s  guidance,  to  meet  a  part  of 
that  need,  and  assuming  the  responsibility  which  that  ability  entailed, 
they  set  for  themselves  the  goal  of  One  Hundred  Million  Dollars  as  “com¬ 
mensurate  with  our  resources.” 

Baptists  Had  the  Money 

That  one  hundred  million  dollars  to  be  given  in  five  years  was  not  an 
unreasonable  expectation  from  the  denomination  was  proved  in  several 
different  ways.  From  statistics  of  governmental  and  other  reports  re¬ 
garding  the  average  wealth  and  income  in  the  United  States,  it  was  shown 
that  if  all  Northern  Baptists  receiving  salaries  should  devote  two-fifths  of  a 
tithe  of  those  salaries  each  year  for  five  years  to  the  causes  presented  in  the 
Survey,  the  financial  part  of  the  program  would  be  assured.  Similarly, 
if  every  Northern  Baptist  receiving  an  income  from  any  source  (labor, 
rental,  invested  funds,  etc.),  should  contribute  one-fifth  of  a  tithe  of  his 
income  each  year  for  five  years  to  the  New  World  Movement,  the  entire  sum 
would  be  raised.  Furthermore,  since  the  number  of  Northern  Baptists  is 
approximately  a  million  and  a  half,  an  average  gift  of  $15  a  year  for  five 
years  would  more  than  meet  the  financial  objective.  And  the  financial 
objective  had  to  be  met  if  the  work  already  under  way  was  to  be  main¬ 
tained  and  the  advance  work  voted  was  to  be  made  possible. 

Since,  then,  the  securing  of  money  was  essential  to  the  carrying  out  of 
the  program,  a  country-wide  campaign  of  pledge-taking  was  planned  and 
carried  through.  But  so  fully  had  the  denomination  understood  the  spirit¬ 
ual  significance  of  the  Movement  and  the  true  character  of  the  undertaking, 
that  the  very  securing  of  pledges  was  itself  attended  with  great  blessings; 
one  church  reported  that  as  a  result  of  that  day’s  work  twenty-six  were 
baptized;  from  others  came  the  announcement  of  widespread  revivals. 
One  director  of  promotion  wrote  that  in  his  state  there  was  “almost  a 
Pentecost.”  So  does  God  richly  bless  our  efforts  “above  all  that  we  ask  or 
think.”  As  “  asters  by  the  brook-side  make  asters  in  the  brook,”  so  a  genu¬ 
ine  devotion  to  the  King  of  Kings  and  a  determination  to  share  in  the  bring¬ 
ing  in  of  his  Kingdom  had  an  immediate  spiritual  reflection  in  the  lives  of 
those  that  were  close  by. 

“ Our  only  greatness  is  that  we  aspire ” 


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And  Now 

Three  years  have  passed  and  the  denomination  is  in  the  fourth  year  of 
the  five-year  period  it  had  outlined  for  itself.  On  all  sides  are  heard  the 
eager  questions:  What  of  the  New  World  Movement?  We  set  out  to  do  a 
definite  task;  how  much  of  it  have  we  done?  Have  we  been  able  to  bring 
many  people  into  personal  relations  with  Jesus  Christ?  Northern  Bap¬ 
tists  are  giving  larger  amounts  than  ever  before;  how  have  their  gifts  been 
used?  Are  there  more  churches,  more  hospitals,  more  schools,  more  Chris¬ 
tian  homes  in  the  world  because  of  our  efforts?  It  is  to  furnish  answers  to 
such  questions  that  the  pages  which  follow  have  been  prepared. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Survey  was  presented  at  Denver  as  a 
photograph  of  needs.  No  specific  mention  was  made  of  the  societies  and 
boards  through  whose  eyes  it  had  been  possible  to  view  these  needs,  and 
through  whose  pockets  the  money  contributed  to  meet  them  would  pass. 
Great  opportunities  upon  the  foreign  field  were  presented  not  as  problems 
facing  the  two  Foreign  Mission  Societies  alone,  but  as  conditions  which 
challenged  the  denomination  as  a  whole.  Similarly  with  other  questions 
such  as  the  homeless  condition  of  many  churches  and  the  churchless  condi¬ 
tion  of  many  homes,  the  importance  of  Christianizing  our  millions  of  immi¬ 
grants  as  a  “double  safety  device,”  protecting  alike  our  country  and  the 
newcomers  themselves — these  were  given  a  denominational  significance 
and  received  a  guarantee  of  denominational  attention.  How  far  this  de¬ 
nominational  attention  has  gone,  however,  could  be  reported  only  by  those 
organizations  which  received  the  funds  and  expended  them  for  the  purposes 
authorized  by  the  denomination.  And  so  questionnaires  were  sent  out  to 
these  organizations  and  upon  their  replies  this  information  is  based.  The 
initial  aims  were  definite;  the  results  to  date  are  no  less  definite.  The  fol¬ 
lowing  pages  will  present  descriptions  and  pictures  of  many  of  the  New 
World  Movement  material  achievements;  they  will  present  statistics  which 
record  some  of  the  spiritual  results.  It  is  not  possible  to  record  com¬ 
pletely  and  in  detail  all  that  the  Movement  has  accomplished.  Such  a 
record  could  be  found  only  in  the  books  to  which  God  alone  has  access. 

No  attempt  is  made  to  claim  that  the  New  World  Movement  is  to  be 
credited  with  all  the  advance  which  the  denomination  has  made  since  1919. 
It  is  fully  recognized  that  not  all  that  has  been  done  during  the  period  of  the 
New  World  Movement  is  directly  attributable  to  its  influence.  Organi¬ 
zations  participating  in  the  Movement  have  received  generous  gifts,  which 
although  not  included  in  the  New  World  Movement  funds,  have  enabled 
those  organizations  greatly  to  expand  their  work. 

One  thing  the  replies  to  the  questionnaires  indicate  with  a  clearness 
which  cannot  be  mistaken:  that  what  the  New  World  Movement  has  done 
for  the  spread  of  the  gospel  throughout  the  world  is  no  less  signal  than 
what  it  has  done  within  the  churches  themselves.  Reference  has  already 
been  made  to  the  spiritual  results  of  the  first  pledge-taking  campaign.  In 
the  following  pages,  many  references  will  be  found  to  the  unity,  the  finer 
type  of  cooperation,  and  the  deepening  of  the  spiritual  life  among  those 
who  took  part  in  the  Movement.  A  new  and  fuller  dependence  upon 
prayer  has  been  constantly  evidenced.  The  very  bigness  of  the  under¬ 
taking  has  brought  to  each  one  the  realization  that  “except  the  Lord  build 
the  house,  they  labor  in  vain  that  build  it.” 

“Nothing  with  God  can  be  accidental ” 


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HONEY  CREEK  BAPTIST  CHURCH,  WISCONSIN 
“blessed  is  that  nation  whose  god  is  the  lord” 


The  State  Conventions 

“He  setteth  the  solitary  in  families” 

THE  state  convention  is  the  family  for  the  churches  of  the  state.  The 
family  is  designed  to  meet  the  individual’s  need  for  protection,  com¬ 
panionship,  sympathy,  interests  outside  of  self,  aims  in  common  with 
others.  So  the  state  convention  meets  these  needs  for  the  individual 
church.  Through  the  family  the  individual  widens  his  contacts  and  is 
able  to  take  a  larger  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  nation  and  of  the  world.  Through 
the  state  convention  the  churches  are  able  to  have  a  larger  share  in  denomi¬ 
national  life  and  a  wider  participation  in  the  entire  Christian  enterprise. 

There  are  thirty-six  states  which  share  in  Northern  Baptist  work.  Their 
combined  constituency  is  the  constituency  of  the  Northern  Baptist  Conven¬ 
tion.  From  their  membership  are  chosen  the  members  of  each  missionary  soci¬ 
ety  of  the  denomination.  Their  strength  is  the  strength  of  Northern  Baptists. 

The  state  conventions  have  stood  whole-heartedly  back  of  the  New 
World  Movement.  They  have  worked  for  its  success  and  prayed  for  its 
ultimate  victory.  They  have  been  “not  slothful  in  business,  fervent  in 
spirit,  serving  the  Lord.’’  The  state  convention’s  relation  to  the  New  World 
Movement  is  a  twofold  one.  Each  state  convention  is  represented  by  an 
executive  secretary,  upon  whom  rests  the  responsibility  for  the  direction  of 
Baptist  work  within  the  state.  He  is  interested  in  securing  for  his  state 

“ E  Pluribus  Unum” 


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funds  sufficient  to  care  adequately  for  the  missionary  work,  church  building 
enterprises,  opportunities  for  evangelism,  and  the  many  other  objectives 
set  by  the  state  in  the  performance  of  its  own  part  of  the  common  task. 
In  addition,  there  is  in  each  state  the  office  of  director  of  promotion,  this 
position  being,  in  an  increasing  number  of  states,  filled  by  the  executive  sec¬ 
retary  himself.  The  director  of  promotion  has  charge  of  advancing,  within 
the  state,  the  interests  of  all  denomination-wide  activities,  and  of  receiving 
and  transmitting  the  funds  contributed  for  all  forms  of  Baptist  work.  His 
aim  is  to  develop  in  the  churches  a  power  of  vision  which  enables  them  to  look 
beyond  the  confines  of  the  state  and  see  that  the  work  centered  within  the 
state  is  an  integral  part  of  a  great  world  of  work.  His  motive  is  not  merely 
to  get  the  churches  to  share  in  this  larger  work,  but  to  get  them  to  want 
to  share  in  it.  In  recording  the  results  of  the  New  World  Movement  in 
the  states,  it  is  necessary  to  bear  in  mind  this  double  cooperation. 

The  requirements  of  the  state  conventions  were  listed  in  concrete  terms 
in  the  Survey  (pages  81-84).  As  stated  there,  the  conventions  are  primarily 
missionary  organizations,  but  their  missionary  tasks  vary  with  their  loca¬ 
tions.  There  was  therefore  a  great  variety  of  needs  listed.  The  first  need 
of  all  the  states  has  of  course  been  to  secure  funds  to  carry  on  their  regular 
missionary  work,  such  as  the  payment  of  missionaries’  salaries,  the  assistance 
of  small  churches,  the  maintenance  of  missionary  chapels. 

Church  Erection 

The  most  widespread  of  the  other  needs  listed  was  that  of  funds  to  aid 
in  the  erection  of  new  church  buildings  (1)  for  mission  churches,  (2)  for 
churches  self-supporting  as  to  current  expenses  but  without  adequate  finan¬ 
cial  resources  for  building.  The  fact  that  we  did  not  secure  the  full  One 
Hundred  Million  Dollars  has  made  it  necessary,  in  view  of  the  imperative 
need  of  making  provision  first  for  the  operating  budgets,  for  some  of  the 
states  to  postpone  building  enterprises  as  well  as  other  plans  which  had 
been  projected.  Of  the  twenty-two  states  which  reported  the  need  for 
church  buildings  as  a  pressing  one,  it  is  evident  from  the  replies  which  came 
in  response  to  the  questionnaire,  that  at  least  fourteen  of  them  have  been 
able  to  meet  the  need  in  a  greater  or  less  degree.  It  is  understood  that  the 
buildings  reported  are  in  addition  to  those  erected  by  churches  without  con¬ 
vention  aid.  Naturally  it  is  the  western  and  far  western  states  which  have 
shown  the  greatest  activity  along  this  line.  (The  order  followed  in  this 
report  is  that  followed  in  the  Survey). 

Maine  reports  a  new  chapel  being  erected  at  a  strategic  new  center  of 
Portland. 

Michigan  reports  the  securing  of  eight  building  sites  and  the  erection  of 
temporary  buildings  on  three  of  them. 

Wisconsin  has  erected  the  first  unit  of  the  South  Church  at  Milwaukee, 
located  at  an  important  point. 

Minnesota,  in  cooperation  with  the  Home  Mission  Society,  has  erected 
a  fine  stone  church,  through  the  splendid  equipment  of  which  a  great 
work  will  be  done  for  the  students  at  the  State  University. 

North  Dakota  is  now  erecting  two  church  buildings. 

Wyoming  has  purchased  and  improved  three  buildings,  remodeled  two 
others  and  erected  the  first  units  of  three  modern  buildings;  has  also 


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“ Each  for  all  and  all  for  each” 


been  able  to  house  two  chapels  in  the  outlying  districts  of  the  rapidly 
growing  city  of  Casper. 

Colorado  has  erected  twelve  new  churches  and  parsonages,  although  not 
all  of  these  were  made  possible  by  New  World  Movement  funds. 
Nevada  has  been  able  to  pay  $1,400  on  one  church’s  indebtedness,  $500  to 
secure  a  lot  for  another  church  and  $1,000  for  a  parsonage. 

Arizona  has  supplied  three  places  of  worship  for  Mexican  churches,  one 
being  entirely  new. 

Washington,  West,  has  put  up  three  buildings  for  foreign-speaking  mis¬ 
sions,  and  has  been  able  to  make  use  of  a  building  fund  of  $10,000  for 
American  churches,  $60,000  being  given  by  the  churches  themselves. 
Washington,  East,  has  paid  off  a  large  indebtedness  to  the  Home  Mission 
Society  for  churches  erected  in  other  years. 

Oregon  has  twelve  church  buildings  finished  or  just  begun. 

California,  North,  has  paid  $10,000  for  church  edifices  this  year  and 
secured  for  the  Convention  property  valued  at  $35,000. 

California,  South,  has  erected  eleven  churches,  built  additions  to  six 
others,  made  some  progress  in  providing  chapels  for  the  foreign  popula¬ 
tion  and  put  up  six  parsonages. 

New  Americans 

The  need  reported  by  the  next  largest  number  of  states  was  that  for 
extended  work  among  the  New  Americans,  the  foreign-speaking  population. 
This  was  in  eighteen  different  states  a  problem  which  demanded  immediate 
local  attention,  in  addition  to  the  great  program  of  work  of  this  character 
being  put  on  by  the  two  Home  Mission  Societies.  The  Survey.said  of  this 
work,  “The  Church  has  few  services  of  greater  importance  to  render  the 
nation  than  to  teach  these  strangers  within  our  gates  the  real  spirit  of  Amer¬ 
ica,  which  is  the  spirit  of  Christian  brotherhood.  If  the  mind  of  Christ  can 
become  the  mind  of  the  Americans,  old  and  new,  the  problem  of  America 
is  solved.”  Among  the  results  which  followed  the  endeavor  to  share  in  solv¬ 
ing  this  problem,  the  states  have  reported  the  following: 

Maine  has  begun  a  much  needed  work  among  the  Russians  and  Poles. 
Massachusetts  has  intensified  its  work  for  New  Americans,  and  has  two 
additional  missionaries,  one  Russian  and  one  Polish. 

Rhode  Island  has  secured  three  women  workers  among  its  foreign  popula¬ 
tion  and  a  missionary  pastor  for  the  Russians. 

Wisconsin  is  about  to  use  the  old  plant  of  the  South  Church,  Milwaukee, 
as  a  Christian  center. 

Ohio  has  enlarged  its  work  among  the  Rumanians  and  Hungarians. 
Minnesota  has  secured  a  fine  building  for  its  Slovak  work  in  Minneapolis. 
Kansas  reports  giving  $7,500  toward  the  Bethel  Neighborhood  Center  in 
Kansas  City.  Located  in  a  cosmopolitan  center,  it  maintains  a  child’s 
clinic,  kindergarten,  day  nursery,  domestic  science  classes  and  other 
activities. 

Idaho  has  opened  work  at  Pocatello  among  the  Greeks,  Italians  and  other 
foreign  populations. 

Arizona  has  established  a  new  mission  for  the  Mexicans. 

Washington,  West,  has  been  able  to  employ  three  Scandinavian  mission¬ 
aries  and  two  Japanese ;  also  to  establish  one  additional  Japanese  mission. 

“ Qur  hearts,  our  hopes,  our  aims  are  one” 


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California,  North,  has  established  missions  among  the  Japanese  in 
Sacramento,  the  Portuguese  in  Alameda,  the  Armenians  in  Turlock  and 
the  Mexicans  in  three  places  in  the  San  Joaquin  Valley. 

Evangelism  and  Religious  Education 

Progress  in  evangelism,  the  great  primary  aim  of  every  Baptist  organ¬ 
ization,  is  inextricably  interwoven  with  the  establishment  of  new  churches 
and  the  activities  of  state  missionaries  and  evangelists.  Furthermore,  the 
need  for  a  program  of  religious  education  follows  immediately  in  the  wake 
of  true  and  permanent  results  of  evangelism.  Therefore  these  aims,  al¬ 
though  not  explicitly  listed  by  all  the  states,  are  underlying  ones  in  the 
plans  of  each  state  convention. 

The  following  definite  achievements  along  these  lines  have  been  reported: 

Vermont:  “We  have  a  man  constantly  employed,  preaching  stewardship 
of  service  and  time  as  well  as  of  money,  which  results  in  souls  being 
saved  and  added  to  our  churches.” 

New  York:  A  director  of  religious  education  and  a  director  of  rural  work 
secured. 

Wisconsin:  A  director  of  city  work  employed. 

Ohio:  Three  district  superintendents  and  a  director  of  evangelism  ap¬ 
pointed. 

Indiana:  Seven  new  churches  organized. 

Minnesota:  A  hospital  minister  visiting  among  the  thousands  of  patients 
at  Rochester. 

North  Dakota:  Four  new  churches  organized. 

Nebraska:  Four  new  churches  organized,  three  foreign-speaking  churches 
reorganized  as  English-speaking. 

Montana:  Six  new  churches,  a  general  evangelist  and  a  full-time  director 
of  religious  education. 

Wyoming:  Three  new  churches  organized. 

Colorado:  Fourteen  new  churches  organized,  also  sixteen  Sunday  schools, 
each  one  a  possible  church.  Two  thousand  baptisms  during  the  past 
year. 

Washington,  West:  Two  new  churches,  twelve  additional  missionary 
pastors,  one  new  district  missionary,  and  one  new  evangelist. 
Washington,  East:  Higher  salaries  paid  to  missionary  pastors. 

Oregon:  One  new  church  organized,  two  convention  missionaries,  one  con¬ 
vention  evangelist,  and  a  superintendent  of  evangelism  secured.  “The 
results  in  the  stimulating  of  the  work  and  actual  reception  by  baptism 
have  given  us  a  great  deal  of  rejoicing.” 

California,  North:  One  new  church  organized,  and  several  missions 
started  that  will  result  in  church  organizations  later. 

California,  South:  Twelve  new  churches  organized.  Southern  California 
has  shown  an  unparalleled  increase  in  population  since  1920.  New  towns 
are  springing  up  almost  over  night,  and  it  is  impossible  to  meet  the  ur¬ 
gent  demand  for  new  Sunday  schools,  churches  and  places  of  worship. 
There  is  immediate  need  for  the  organization  of  twenty-five  to  thirty 
more  churches.  This  convention’s  unusual  record  in  the  erection  of 
church  buildings  is  an  effort  to  meet  this  sudden  great  need. 

“How  far  that  little  candle  throws  his  beams!” 


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Student  Work 

Perhaps  one  of  the  greatest  services  that  the  Christian  Church  can  ren¬ 
der  to  a  community  is  to  come  into  intimate  contact  with  the  life  of  its 
students.  The  students  of  today  are  the  leaders  of  tomorrow.  If  they  can 
be  Christianized  today,  tomorrow  is  safer  in  their  hands.  Several  of  the 
states  are  cooperating  with  the  Board  of  Education  in  the  maintenance  of 
university  pastors,  whose  work  is  described  in  the  section  “General  Edu¬ 
cation.” 

Rural  Activities 

The  importance  of  a  vital  Christianity  in  our  rural  districts,  for  the  sake 
both  of  the  community  itself  and  of  the  country  at  large,  can  hardly  be 
overestimated.  The  states  which  felt  the  need  for  increased  attention  to 
work  in  rural  communities  were  not  numerous,  but  were  found  in  all  sec¬ 
tions  of  the  country.  Only  three  have  reported  progress  toward  this  goal: 
Ohio:  Has  employed  a  director  of  rural  work. 

Minnesota:  Has  established  one  rural  center. 

Montana:  Has  employed  three  rural  special  workers  “with  splendid  re¬ 
sults.” 

Varied  Lines  of  Advance 

New  Hampshire:  “More  individuals  have  been  reached  in  isolated  places 
than  ever.” 

Vermont:  “While  we  have  been  able  to  do  something  along  the  line  of 
meeting  the  definite  needs  which  we  set  forth  in  the  Survey,  we  have 
not  by  any  means  been  able  to  satisfy  them  all.” 

Pennsylvania:  “The  definite  needs  in  the  state  have  been  met  a  little 
more  fully  by  reason  of  a  slight  increase  in  the  amount  of  money  ex¬ 
pended.” 

Ohio:  “The  definite  needs  set  forth  in  the  Survey  have  been  met.”  This 
means  that  Ohio  has  been  able  to  establish  missionary  work  in  many 
of  its  large  cities  which  had  no  standard  city  mission  organizations.  It 
has  also  begun  an  extensive  work  for  the  Negroes,  who  settled  in  that 
state  in  large  numbers  after  the  war. 

Indiana:  “We  have  secured  a  state  superintendent  for  our  Negro  work. 

Our  Edifice  Fund  has  helped  us  with  some  building.” 

Illinois:  “We  have  made  progress  toward  reaching  the  goals.” 

Missouri:  The  State  of  Missouri  is  cooperating  with  both  the  Northern 
and  the  Southern  Baptist  Conventions,  three  churches  contributing 
entirely  to  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention  and  about  forty  others 
dividing  their  gifts  equally.  Word  comes  from  Missouri  that  those 
churches  cooperating  have  shown  good  interest  in  the  denominational 
work  and  that  the  national  program  (referring  to  the  advance  of  both 
conventions)  has  greatly  increased  the  amount  of  money  received  for 
the  state  convention. 

Kansas:  “About  $6,000  have  been  added  to  our  permanent  funds.” 

From  the  foregoing  it  would  appear  that  there  has  been  definite  progress 
toward  New  World  Movement  goals  by  nearly  every  state  in  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention.  A  few  states  report  that  they  were  hindered  by  local 

“Lore,  hope,  fear,  faith — these  make  humanity  ” 


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conditions,  such  as  industrial  disturbances,  failure  of  crops,  etc.,  from  shar¬ 
ing  very  largely  in  the  Movement. 

The  thirty-five  states  from  whose  records  these  facts  have  been  compiled 
report  their  total  number  of  churches  to  be  7,990,  of  which  a  considerable 
number  are  small  and  many  without  leadership.  Of  this  number,  5,257 
have  made  a  genuine  effort  toward  all  the  goals  of  the  Movement,  and  many 
other  churches  are  reported  as  contributing  to  part  of  the  work  represented 
in  the  Movement. 

Some  Questions  Answered 

It  will  be  of  interest  to  give  here  three  of  the  questions  sent  out  to  the 
states  and  the  general  character  of  the  replies  received: 

(1)  “Have  you  noted  among  the  churches  in  your  state  a  growing  in¬ 
terest  in  the  work  of  the  denomination  as  a  whole  and  a  deepening  sense 
of  responsibility  for  sharing  in  that  larger  work?”  Of  thirty-five  who  re¬ 
plied  to  the  questionnaire,  two  did  not  answer  this  question;  one  said, 
“Could  not  say  ‘Yes’’’;  and  thirty-two  answered  in  the  affirmative. 

(2)  “Are  you  able  to  cite  instances  where  participation  in  the  New 
World  Movement  has  resulted  in  a  marked  deepening  of  the  spiritual  life 
of  the  members,  and  in  accessions  to  the  membership  roll?”  Of  thirty- 
five  who  replied  to  the  questionnaire,  three  did  not  answer  the  question; 
two  said  “No”;  one  said  “Not  with  certainty”;  and  one  said  “No  striking 
cases.”  Twenty-eight  replied  in  the  affirmative.  Many  of  the  replies 
stated  that  the  deepening  of  the  spiritual  life  and  the  accessions  to  member¬ 
ship  were  in  direct  proportion  to  participation  in  the  New  World  Move¬ 
ment.  One  state  reported  that  the  “increase  in  giving  is  reflected  in  the 
increase  in  baptisms.”  Another  replied  with  “an  emphatic  affirmative.” 
The  majority  of  our  churches  have  actually  been  “born  again”  as  one  of  the 
by-products  resulting  from  the  deepening  consciousness  of  fellowship  with 
Christ  in  the  more  serious  effort  to  bring  the  world  to  him.  With  practi¬ 
cally  no  exception,  the  churches  that  have  had  the  largest  increase  in  bap¬ 
tisms  have  been  those  churches  which  have  taken  most  seriously  the  work 
as  outlined  in  the  New  World  Movement. 

(3)  “What  effect,  if  any,  has  participation  or  non-participation  in  the 
New  World  Movement  had  upon  the  church  finances  and  the  amount  avail¬ 
able  for  local  needs?”  The  replies  to  this  question  were  conclusive  proof 
that  “as  one  lamp  lights  another,  nor  itself  grows  less,”  so  believing  in  and 
giving  to  the  wider  interests  of  the  Kingdom  do  not  lessen  the  ability  or 
the  desire  to  support  the  nearer  forms  of  Christian  work.  Of  thirty-five 
wTho  replied  to  the  questionnaire,  four  made  no  reply  to  this  question.  One 
said,  “Nothing  special  has  come  to  my  attention  along  this  line.”  Three 
implied  that  opinions  might  vary.  One  reported  that  participation  had 
not  increased  local  receipts,  and  twenty-six  agreed  that  participation  in  the 
New  World  Movement  had  made  it  easier  to  raise  money  for  local  church 
expenses.  The  following  are  some  of  the  comments  made: 

Connecticut:  “I  think,  without  exception,  the  churches  that  have  put 

through  in  earnest  the  New  World  Movement  have  found  their  own 

finances  improved.” 

Indiana:  “Our  churches  that  participated  in  the  New  World  Movement 

have  found  it  easier  to  raise  money  for  local  expenses  than  before.” 

“ They  serve  God  well  who  serve  his  creatures” 

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Montana:  “Almost  without  exception,  there  has  been  an  increase  for 
current  expenses  in  proportion  to  the  increase  for  benevolences.” 
Oregon:  “It  is  emphatically  true  that  the  churches  which  have  partici¬ 
pated  most  earnestly  in  the  New  World  Movement  have  had  their  finan¬ 
ces  multiplied  from  100  per  cent  to  300  per  cent  for  their  own  local  work. 
Churches  that  are  engaged  in  building  parsonages  or  houses  of  wor¬ 
ship,  and  have  undertaken  to  finance  building  programs  they  would 
not  have  dreamed  possible  four  years  ago,  are  at  the  same  time  churches 
who  have  given  generously  to  the  New  World  Movement.” 

Wisconsin:  “I  think  it  is  invariably  true  that  churches  which  have  pushed 
the  hardest  the  great  Kingdom  affairs  have  been  able  to  increase  their 
local  expenses  even  beyond  their  expectation.” 

Nebraska:  “  During  the  year  1920-21,  the  churches  of  Nebraska  gave  more 
than  they  ever  have  given  to  world  evangelization.  During  that  year, 
I  find  there  was  an  increase  of  10  per  cent  in  the  amount  given  to  current 
expenses.  ‘The  light  that  shines  farthest  shines  brightest  at  home.’  ” 
Pennsylvania:  “Participation,  as  a  rule,  has  resulted  in  increased  con¬ 
tributions  to  local  support  and  has  been  a  stimulus  in  the  liquidation  of 
church  debts  and  in  permanent  improvements.” 

Vermont:  “I  believe  participation  in  the  New  World  Movement  has  had  a 
good  effect  upon  the  finances  of  the  local  church.” 

Washington,  West:  “Hearty  participation  improved  church  finances.” 
West  Virginia:  “Large  giving  for  the  general  work  increased  the  giving 
for  local  needs.” 

Rather  a  “cloud  of  witnesses,”  all  bearing  evidence  that  “there  is  that 
scattereth  and  yet  increaseth.” 

A  Further  Question 

The  advance  work  noted  above  as  being  carried  on  by  the  state  conven¬ 
tions  might  lead  one  to  believe  that  more  money  than  ever  before  was  being 
spent  for  convention  purposes.  But  could  this  be  possible  at  a  time  when 
the  churches  of  the  state  were  giving  more  largely  than  previously  to  denomi¬ 
national  interests  outside  of  the  state?  The  states  were  asked  to  show  how 
expenditures  for  state  work  during  the  three  years  of  the  New  World  Move¬ 
ment  compared  with  the  expenditures  for  the  same  purposes  during  the 
three  years  prior  to  the  Movement.  In  thirty-five  replies,  two  reported 
the  amount  practically  the  same;  three  reported  the  amounts  spent  during 
the  New  World  Movement  were  not  larger  than  they  had  intended  to 
spend.  The  other  thirty  reported  an  increase  in  the  yearly  amount  spent 
for  state  convention  work.  This  increase  varied  from  “a  small  amount”  in 
Delaware  to  over  400  per  cent  in  Wyoming.  In  the  fifteen  states  ex¬ 
clusive  of  Wyoming  which  gave  the  percentage  of  increase  the  average 
rate  was  about  75  per  cent. 

It  must  of  course  be  borne  in  mind  that  not  all  of  this  increase  has  been 
available  for  advance  work  in  the  states.  In  common  with  the  other  organ¬ 
izations,  they  have  suffered  from  the  increased  cost  of  conducting  all  forms 
of  work.  During  the  years  of  the  New  World  Movement,  all  the  partici¬ 
pating  organizations  have  been  in  somewhat  the  strait  of  Alice  in  Wonder¬ 
land,  who  found  it  necessary  to  run  just  as  hard  as  she  could  in  order  to 
remain  in  the  same  place.  The  greater  cost  of  carrying  on  even  the  same 
amount  of  work  would  have  required  a  somewhat  larger  expenditure  on 

“  There  is  a  tide  in  the  affairs  of  men” 


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the  part  of  the  states  than  it  required  in  other  years.  It  is  cause  for  great 
gratitude  that  they  have  been  able  to  achieve  the  splendid  results  indicated. 

In  Conclusion 

There  follow  a  few  from  the  many  expressions  of  appreciation  of  the 
New  World  Movement  and  its  impression  upon  the  life  of  Baptist  people. 
Three  are  from  states  in  the  Mississippi  Valley,  and  two  are  messages  which 
record,  in  some  detail,  what  the  Movement  has  meant  to  the  great  western 
stretches  of  our  country. 

Illinois:  “  The  progress  in  the  direction  of  unity  and  cooperation  has  been 
most  marked.” 

Iowa:  “  I  believe  that  there  is  at  present  an  under-current  of  healthy,  vigor¬ 
ous  interest  that  will  find  expression  in  better  giving  as  the  months  go  by.” 
Wisconsin:  “There  is  no  question  that  the  New  World  Movement  has 
been  a  success  in  this  state.” 

Oregon:  “I  record,  as  my  firm  conviction,  that  the  New  World  Movement 
effort  in  our  state  has  been  of  profound  blessing  both  as  to  direct  financial 
results  and  indirectly  in  its  financial  and  spiritual  results.  We  have  en¬ 
larged  our  evangelistic  program;  we  have  in  progress  now  a  building 
program  equaling  the  entire  expenditures  for  church  edifices  and  par¬ 
sonages  in  all  the  previous  history  since  1844  in  our  convention;  we 
have  a  group  of  pastors  who  have  become  100  per  cent  more  zealous 
and  efficient  because  of  the  challenge  the  New  World  Movement  brought 
into  their  own  lives  and,  generally  speaking,  our  people  are  giving  five 
times  as  much  as  they  did  previous  to  the  New  World  Movement.” 
Montana:  “There  is  a  marked  increase  in  denominational  consciousness 
and  the  spirit  of  cooperation  due  to  the  New  World  Movement.  One 
of  the  outstanding  proofs  of  this  is  the  response  of  the  churches  to  the 
call  for  new  workers.  During  the  first  thirty-five  years  of  the  life  of  our 
convention,  not  over  five  or  six  persons  felt  the  call  to  become  ministers, 
missionaries  or  special  workers.  At  the  present  time  there  are  not 
less  than  fifty  of  the  finest  young  men  and  women  of  the  state  who  have 
taken  a  more  or  less  definite  stand  for  special  service.  The  young  people 
of  our  state  were  never  so  eager  and  willing  for  types  of  Christian  ser¬ 
vice  as  now.  This  is  a  distinct  result  of  the  New  World  Movement. 
Again,  at  no  time  in  the  history  of  our  denomination  in  Montana  have 
we  had  such  a  number  of  well  informed  men  and  women.  There  were 
never  so  many  organized  guilds  for  young  girls,  circles  for  women,  and 
classes  in  Sunday  school  definitely  studying  missionary  and  denomina¬ 
tional  literature.  All  of  this,  I  would  say,  shows  a  distinct  advance.” 
Surely,  “  The  Lord  hath  done  great  things  for  us,  whereof  we  are  glad.” 

Note  1 — The  committee  in  preparing  this  report  has  sought  to  secure  accurate 
and  adequate  information  concerning  every  line  of  progress  made  in  the  states  during 
the  period  of  the  New  World  Movement.  If  any  notable  advance  work  inaugurated 
by  any  state  does  not  find  a  place  in  this  statement  it  is  because  such  work  was  not 
brought  to  the  attention  of  the  committee. 

Note  2 — There  are  some  phases  of  denominational  work  upon  the  home  fields 
which  are  a  joint  responsibility  and  are  supported  by  two  or  more  of  the  following 
organizations,  The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society,  the  Woman’s  American 
Baptist  Home  Mission  Society,  The  American  Baptist  Publication  Society,  the  State 
Conventions  and  the  City  Mission  Societies.  Some  of  these  projects,  such  as  Christian 
centers,  chapel  cars,  etc.,  are  mentioned  in  more  than  one  of  the  sections  of  this  report 
in  order  that  attention  may  be  called  to  the  share  which  each  organization  has  had  in 
inaugurating  or  supporting  them. 

“God’s  errands  never  fail” 

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PILGRIM  BAPTIST  CHURCH  (NEGRO),  CHICAGO 

FORMERLY  A  HEBREW  SYNAGOGUE,  NOW  A  CHRISTIAN  TEMPLE 


City  Mission  Societies 

THREE  years  ago  the  Survey  set  forth  in  detail  the  problems  with 
which  our  denomination,  in  common  with  others,  is  faced,  because  of 
the  congestion  of  population  in  the  cities.  The  United  States  census 
which  has  been  taken  since  that  time  reveals  interesting  facts  bearing  upon 
this  situation. 

There  are  in  the  United  States  seventy  cities  with  a  population  of 
100,000  or  more.  In  the  Survey  the  interesting  statement  was  made  that 
the  population  of  our  two  largest  cities,  New  York  and  Chicago,  exceeded 
that  of  the  Mountain  and  Pacific  states  by  nearly  400,000.  While  these 
western  states  have  now  slightly  passed  these  two  cities,  the  combined 
population  of  New  York  and  Chicago  in  1920  was  more  than  8,300,000,  an 
increase  of  1,400,000  since  1910.  The  growth  of  the  city  population  through¬ 
out  the  country  is  startling.  In  1910  the  total  population  of  the  country 
was  91,972,266;  in  1920  it  was  105,710,620.  In  1910  the  urban  population 
was  42,166,120  and  in  1920  it  was  54,304,603.  In  other  words,  while  the 
total  population  increased  not  quite  15  per  cent,  the  urban  population  in¬ 
creased  nearly  29  per  cent.  Our  city  mission  societies  today  are  confronted 
with  problems  of  the  same  character  as  they  were  at  the  time  the  Survey 
was  made.  The  problems  have  simply  been  intensified. 

When  the  survey  was  published  twelve  standard  city  mission  societies 
were  recognized  by  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention  in  the  following  cities: 
New  York,  Brooklyn,  Philadelphia,  Buffalo,  Pittsburgh,  Detroit,  Cleve- 

“ Hear  ye  not  the  hum  of  mighty  workings?” 


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land,  Chicago,  Minneapolis,  Des  Moines,  St.  Louis  and  Los  Angeles. 
Since  that  date  societies  have  been  recognized  in  the  cities  of  Boston, 
San  Francisco,  Denver,  Rochester,  Omaha  and  Kansas  City. 

In  the  Survey  (pages  85-89)  a  splendid  program  of  objectives  was  pro¬ 
posed  in  connection  with  the  work  in  the  cities  which  reflected  a  purpose  on 
the  part  of  Baptists  to  endeavor  to  make  the  gospel  effective  in  these  great 
centers  of  population.  Owing  to  the  fact  that  we  have  not  yet  secured  the 
One  Hundred  Million  Dollars  it  has  not  been  possible  to  reach  all  these  ob¬ 
jectives.  This  has  been  a  source  of  disappointment  to  those  who  live  closest 
to  these  problems  and  feel  the  pressure  most  forcibly.  On  the  other  hand  a 
survey  of  the  present  situation  reveals  a  most  encouraging  progress  in 
reaching  our  goals.  At  many  points  the  equipment  has  been  improved 
and  increased.  New  contacts  have  been  made  with  hosts  of  people  in  our 
great  cities.  It  is  impossible  to  recite  all  the  details  of  our  developing  work 
but  some  of  the  typical  results  may  be  cited. 

Brooklyn  (Brooklyn  and  Queens):  The  reorganization  of  the  Brooklyn 
work  was  in  progress  when  the  New  World  Movement  was  inaugurated. 
This  society  has  profited  greatly  by  the  New  World  Movement.  Certain 
specific  things  accomplished  are:  purchase  of  site  suited  to  future  develop¬ 
ment  at  King’s  Highway,  a  newly  developing  section  of  Brooklyn,  and  the 
erection  of  a  temporary  structure;  the  purchase  of  site  and  erection  of  first 
instalment  of  building  at  Glendale  in  an  area  of  the  Borough  of  Queens 
where  there  is  no  other  religious  work,  Protestant,  Catholic  or  Jewish; 
the  establishment  of  a  new  center  of  work  in  one  of  the  finest  developments 
in  the  Borough  of  Queens  where  the  population  is  prevailingly  Protestant 
and  underchurched;  a  commodious  site  has  been  given  and  a  chapel  is 
about  to  be  constructed.  Probably  the  largest  aid  ever  given  by  Baptists 
denominationally  in  this  area  is  being  extended  to  the  Jamaica  Baptist 
Church  in  enabling  it  to  erect  a  model  church  structure  in  the  most  strate¬ 
gic  location  in  the  Borough  of  Queens.  The  advance  has  brought  about 
the  organization  of  a  new  Spanish-speaking  church  and  a  new  Italian 
church  at  East  End.  It  has  inspired  the  Strong  Place  Church  to  purchase 
a  site  for  a  new  Christian  center  and  enabled  the  Extension  Society  to  re¬ 
model  an  old  building  on  the  property  for  temporary  service  and  to  put 
on  a  constructive  program.  The  Emmanuel  House,  for  thirty  years  oper¬ 
ated  by  the  Emmanuel  Church,  has  been  placed  under  the  society 
with  an  enlarged  program.  The  Brooklyn  Society  has  brought  into  ser¬ 
vice  during  this  period  twenty-nine  workers,  all  but  two  of  whom  are  new 
appointees.  These  represent  the  following  languages:  English,  Norwegian, 
Italian,  Hungarian,  Spanish. 

Buffalo  has  accomplished  an  outstanding  task  in  the  establishment 
of  a  Hebrew  mission  in  a  district  of  about  20,000  Jews.  This  occupies  a 
building  worth  $20,000  and  its  operating  expenses  amount  to  about  $2,000 
a  year.  There  has  also  been  established  the  Prospect  Hudson  Neighbor¬ 
hood  House,  in  the  heart  of  the  better  Italian  residence  district,  costing 
$25,000  with  improvements  and  equipment.  The  Williams  Street  Com¬ 
munity  House  and  the  Trenton  Avenue  Mission  have  been  remodeled  at  a 
cost  of  $10,000  and  $12,000,  respectively. 

Cleveland  has  one  Christian  center  in  operation  and  has  erected  two 
churches.  The  Christian  center  serves  a  Negro  community  of  35,000  peo- 

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pie,  where  housing  conditions  are  extremely  poor,  vice  is  rampant  and 
many  of  the  people,  who  in  rural  districts  in  the  south  were  faithful  church 
attendants,  are  drifting  into  immorality.  At  the  community  house  a 
varied  social,  educational  and  religious  program  is  being  conducted  for 
men  and  women,  boys  and  girls.  Last  year  over  4,000  individuals  came 
under  its  direct  influence.  One  of  our  new  churches  serves  a  community 
of  8,000  Rumanians,  many  of  whom  are  breaking  away  from  the  faith  of 
their  fathers  and  are  drifting  into  agnosticism.  The  Cleveland  Association 
has  erected  the  only  Protestant  chapel  that  has  been  provided  to  serve 
these  people  and  has  engaged  the  only  Protestant  missionary  who  is  at 
work  among  them.  Another  church  is  now  being  erected  in  Lakewood, 
one  of  Cleveland’s  best  residential  districts.  There  are  40,000  people  in 
this  district  and  the  only  Baptist  church  has  until  now  been  worshiping 
in  the  basement.  All  of  these  projects  were  made  possible  by  New  World 
Movement  funds. 

Detroit.  When  you  think  of  automobiles  you  think  of  Detroit. 
It  is  not  only  the  “Ford  City”  but  the  “Motor  City.”  The  growth  of  this 
city  during  the  past  few  years  has  surpassed  everything  else  in  the  history 
of  American  cities.  This  has  put  a  heavy  burden  upon  the  churches  of  the 
city.  The  Baptists  have  not  been  “slothful  in  business”  during  these  stir¬ 
ring  days.  Monier  Road,  for  example,  is  eight  miles  out  on  Grand  River 
Avenue.  When  the  Survey  was  made  that  was  open  country.  Now  there 
is  a  flourishing  church  with  a  great  future.  Another  church  moved  a  mile 
further  out.  It  now  has  a  fine  Sunday  school  building  with  an  average  at¬ 
tendance  each  Sunday  of  over  500.  Detroit  has  been  one  of  the  focal  points 
of  the  great  immigration  of  Negroes  and  the  churches  have  found  it  hard 
to  keep  up  with  the  inrushing  tide.  The  Calvary  Baptist  Church  is  only 
two  years  old  but  it  already  has  more  than  one  thousand  members. 

When  the  buildings  now  under  construction  are  completed  Detroit 
will  have  added  eight  good  buildings  and  three  smaller  chapels  for  the  white 
churches  and  four  permanent  buildings  and  four  small  chapels  and  a  Chris¬ 
tian  center  for  the  Negroes.  In  a  number  of  cases  only  the  first  unit  of  the 
plant  has  been  provided  and  the  completion  awaits  the  receipt  of  further 
funds,  but  this  progress  made  possible  by  the  New  World  Movement  is  one 
of  our  most  noteworthy  advances. 

New  York  City.  The  53  per  cent  advance  in  the  current  work  budget 
of  the  New  York  City  organization  does  little  more  than  care  for  costs  of 
operation  and  make  provision  for  an  expansion  of  the  field  of  activity  to 
take  in  Staten  Island  and  that  portion  of  Westchester  County  lying  in 
and  below  Tarrytown  and  White  Plains,  including  Yonkers,  Mount  Ver¬ 
non  and  New  Rochelle. 

Extensive  property  alterations  by  virtue  of  special  designated  gifts  have 
been  made  to  the  following  properties:  The  Central  Park  Church,  a  down¬ 
town  church  center  in  a  district  prevailingly  foreign  and  housing  extensive 
activities,  evangelistic,  educational,  social,  has  been  renovated  at  an  expense 
of  approximately  $46,000.  A  building  for  a  homeless  Czecho-Slovak 
Church  has  been  purchased.  Work  is  now  in  progress  on  the  property 
occupied  by  the  Fordham  Italian  Church  at  an  estimated  expense  of 
$35,000.  This  church  occupies  a  field  deserted  first  by  an  English-speaking 
Baptist  church,  later  by  a  United  Presbyterian  church,  both  because  of 

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adverse  conditions.  The  Italian  church  bids  fair  to  become  self-supporting 
and  in  time  as  American  as  either  of  the  churches  which  left  the  field.  This 
church  has  now  six  students  in  colleges  and  ten  in  high  schools. 

The  New  York  Society  has  received  a  special  gift  of  approximately 
$500,000  from  Mr.  John  D.  Rockefeller,  Jr.,  the  use  of  which  is  restricted 
by  a  special  trust  agreement.  It  has  also  received  outside  of  the  New  World 
Movement  $99,715.21  for  its  endowment  funds. 

An  important  item  of  advance  work  is  the  establishment  of  a  religious 
education  department  in  cooperation  with  the  Brooklyn  Society,  served 
by  a  full  time  secretary. 

The  only  city  having  a  separate  promotional  board  is  the  New  York 
metropolitan  area.  Results  have  been  very  gratifying.  The  following  con¬ 
tributions  have  been  received:  From  churches  and  individuals  aside  from 
special  gifts,  for  the  years  1917-18  and  1918-19,  $405,664;  for  the  years 
1920-21  and  1921-22,  $2,493,966. 

Note:  The  year  1919-20  is  not  used  as  a  basis  of  comparison,  because  it  was  a  year 
when  the  new  basis  of  giving  had  not  yet  been  established,  while  nevertheless  there 
was  a  marked  increase  due  to  the  Laymen’s  $6,000,000  Campaign. 

Rochester.  A  standard  city  mission  society  (Class  A)  has  been 
organized  in  Rochester  to  include  the  old  historic  Monroe  Baptist  Associa¬ 
tion.  The  new  program  of  work  is  based  on  a  careful  survey  for  the  entire 
area  comprising  twenty-two  town  and  country  churches  and  fourteen 
in  the  city  of  Rochester.  This  new  organization  and  the  appointment  of 
a  full  time  executive  secretary  have  greatly  strengthened  the  foreign-speak¬ 
ing,  church  extension  and  cooperative  work  generally  of  the  Baptist 
churches  of  this  area.  Through  the  cooperation  of  the  Home  Mission  So¬ 
ciety  and  the  Board  of  Promotion  an  equipment  movement  involving 
$100,000  is  under  way.  Italian  work  has  been  strengthened  and  reen¬ 
forced  by  the  establishment  of  a  Christian  center. 

Omaha.  The  Omaha  Baptist  Union  has  established  two  Christian 
centers,  for  one  of  which  property  has  been  purchased  and  for  the  other 
rented.  Two  churches  have  been  assisted  in  the  erection  of  new  buildings. 
There  was  no  future  for  either  of  these  churches  without  new  buildings, 
but  the  future  is  now  bright  for  both. 

Philadelphia.  In  Philadelphia  a  Christian  center  has  been  secured 
for  Italians,  together  with  a  fine,  stone  church  building.  A  new  stone  church 
has  been  provided  for  an  English-speaking  congregation,  Und  it  is  proposed 
to  help  two  others  in  the  near  future. 

Pittsburgh  has  secured  a  director  of  religious  education  and  two  new 
missionaries.  One  major  project  has  been  made  possible  by  the  New  World 
Movement,  the  erection  of  a  Christian  center  at  Rankin,  the  building  to 
cost  $75,000.  There  is  no  other  Protestant  denomination  touching  vitally 
the  life  of  this  community  of  10,000  people,  mostly  foreign-speaking.  One 
church  has  been  aided  in  the  construction  of  a  new  building. 

Chicago  has  made  some  decided  progress  during  the  period.  Through 
the  leadership  of  the  Executive  Council  two  fine  church  buildings,  one  of 
them  a  former  Jewish  synagogue,  have  been  purchased  for  the  rapidly 
growing  Negro  churches.  A  Christian  center  has  been  instituted  in  the 
most  congested  section  of  South  Chicago  in  the  steel  mill  district.  Work 

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has  been  undertaken  among  the  Lithuanians  and  also  the  Rumanians. 
This  is  the  only  Baptist  work  among  Lithuanians  in  the  country.  Three 
new  English-speaking  churches  have  been  assisted  in  organization  and  es¬ 
tablishment  of  their  work  and  one  new  church  building  has  been  erected 
at  an  important  center. 

Boston.  Special  attention  has  been  given  to  development  of  promising 
work  among  Portuguese,  Italians  and  Russians.  A  director  has  been  se¬ 
cured  and  two  new  Italian  ministers  have  been  added  to  the  force,  one  of 
whom  baptized  nine  within  a  few  months.  The  Portuguese  have  paid 
$2,000  on  a  building  lot  and  the  Italians  are  also  moving  likewise.  There 
is  a  new  awakening  among  the  churches  in  reaching  foreigners. 

San  Francisco  with  adjacent  cities  around  the  Bay,  organized  in 
1920  as  San  Francisco  Bay  Cities  Baptist  Union.  This  society  has  well 
organized  its  work,  employing  a  superintendent  for  full  time.  Five  new 
churches  and  four  missions  have  been  organized,  five  church  buildings 
have  been  dedicated  and  four  other  churches  have  been  assisted  in  procuring 
new  lots  for  future  use.  In  cooperation  with  the  Presbyterians  a  neigh¬ 
borhood  house  has  been  opened  among  Russians,  and  in  cooperation  with 
the  Home  Mission  Society  a  home  for  neglected  Chinese  boys  is  being  es¬ 
tablished.  Since  1919  there  has  been  an  increase  of  over  600  per  cent  in 
missionary  giving,  and  over  50  per  cent  in  church  expenses. 

These  cities  are  turning  out  future  leaders  especially  in  foreign-speaking 
work.  One  single  mission  center  in  one  of  these  cities  has  brought  into 
Christian  service  within  ten  years  eleven  Christian  workers,  Italian,  Polish, 
Greek,  Hungarian  and  English-speaking.  New  York  City  rejoices  to  have 
sent  to  Sweden  both  Captain  Schroeder,  the  pioneer  missionary  and  Col. 
K.  O.  Broady,  the  pioneer  educator.  These  same  mission  centers  are  turn¬ 
ing  volunteers  into  city  work.  One  such  church  released  38  volunteers  for 
one  particular  type  of  service  alone  during  a  single  season,  practically  every 
one  of  whom  had  been  recruited  from  a  home  which  had  recently  been 
brought  into  our  evangelical  ranks. 

For  several  years  these  cities  have  pioneered  among  Russians,  Poles, 
Czecho-Slovaks  and  others.  We  must  think  of  this  period  of  our  city  work 
of  the  newer  type  as  analogous  to  the  pioneer  work  of  Judson,  Ashmore  and 
Clough.  The  significant  thing  is  that  they  have  helped  to  create  a  new  type  of 
denominational  leadership  whose  influence  during  coming  days  will  be  telling. 

These  societies  in  cooperation  with  The  American  Baptist  Publication 
Society  are  establishing,  as  funds  are  available,  religious  education  depart¬ 
ments  with  directors.  The  arrangement  in  Chicago  antedated  the  New 
World  Movement.  During  the  New  World  Movement  directors  have  been 
appointed  in  Detroit,  Buffalo  and  Pittsburgh,  and  in  New  York  and  Brook¬ 
lyn  cooperatively. 

In  spite  of  the  failure  to  reach  our  financial  goal  the  city  organizations 
report  unanimously  that  during  the  three  years  of  the  New  World  Move¬ 
ment  the  amounts  spent  for  city  mission  work  are  above  the  scale  of  expen¬ 
diture  of  former  years.  In  nearly  all  cases  there  has  been  a  large  increase 
in  the  local  budget.  Brooklyn  receipts  for  1917-18  were  $12,906.63,  but 
this  does  not  include  special  receipts  for  church  edifice  work  in  the  Forward 
Movement  account  amounting  to  $57,057.03.  Receipts  for  1921-22  were 
$69,909.46  and  the  receipts  in  the  Forward  Movement  account  for  the  same 

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period  were  $22,503.38.  Buffalo  reports  an  increase  of  about  20  per  cent; 
Chicago  33  per  cent;  St.  Louis  50  per  cent;  New  York  53  per  cent;  Cleve¬ 
land  75  per  cent.  The  Detroit  budget  in  1918  was  $29,805;  in  1922  it 
was  $46,416.08. 

These  are  some  of  the  more  tangible  results  of  the  New  World  Move¬ 
ment  in  the  work  of  the  city  mission  societies.  There  are  other  results, 
however,  which  will  be  quite  as  significant  for  the  future.  Progress  has 
been  achieved  in  the  creation  in  the  cities  of  a  sense  of  denominational 
solidarity  which  cannot  fail  to  react  beneficially,  not  only  upon  local  work 
but  upon  the  work  of  the  denomination  as  a  whole.  Nearly  all  of  the 
societies  report  the  existence  of  a  strong  “city  mission  consciousness” 
and  many  of  them  attribute  its  development  to  the  influence  of  the  New 
World  Movement. 

The  standard  city  mission  societies  of  Class  A  have  been  recognized  by  the 
general  societies  and  state  conventions  as  their  agents  for  work  in  their 
cities  and  have  gradually  assumed  administrative  responsibility  for  church 
extension,  evangelization  and  Americanization  of  foreign  groups,  estab¬ 
lishment  of  Christian  centers,  down-town  church  centers,  and  religious 
education,  and  in  some  cities  have  become  directly  responsible  for  the 
promotional  program. 

This  has  had  good  results  in  the  local  churches,  both  in  respect  to 
finances  and  in  respect  to  spiritual  quickening  and  growth  in  membership. 
Buffalo  reports  that  during  each  of  the  last  two  years  the  accessions  to  the 
churches  have  been  greater  than  in  any  other  year  since  1910,  with  the  ex¬ 
ception  of  the  year  when  the  Billy  Sunday  Campaign  was  held.  Detroit 
reports  a  real  deepening  of  the  spiritual  life  in  a  number  of  churches  and 
an  unusually  large  number  of  conversions  and  baptisms.  In  San  Fran¬ 
cisco  two  of  the  strong  churches  which  subscribed  their  full  allotment  in  the 
New  World  Movement  campaign  have  since  that  time  had  periods  of 
unparalleled  growth  in  every  way.  Other  cities  make  similar  reports. 

Corresponding  results  are  noted  in  the  matter  of  financing  the  local 
churches.  Hearty  participation  in  the  New  World  Movement  has  been 
beneficial  to  the  individual  churches  in  the  matter  of  their  own  finances. 
Churches  which  threw  themselves  most  earnestly  into  the  campaign  are 
reported  to  have  had  as  a  rule  no  difficulty  in  meeting  local  needs.  In  many 
cases  participation  has  awakened  the  church  to  a  realization  of  its  possibil¬ 
ity.  Local  budgets  have  been  more  easily  raised,  mortgages  carried  for 
years  have  been  paid  off  and  a  sense  of  latent  ability  aroused. 

From  practically  every  city  it  is  reported  that  there  is  a  stronger  bond 
of  sympathy  and  interest  among  the  churches  by  reason  of  their  united 
facing  of  a  common  task.  There  has  been  developed  also  a  growing  interest 
in  the  work  of  the  denomination  as  a  whole  and  a  deepening  sense  of  respon¬ 
sibility  for  sharing  in  that  larger  work.  One  city  makes  a  significant  report : 
“  The  bigness  of  the  scheme  and  the  boldness  of  it  arrested  the  attention  of 
both  pastors  and  people,  and  as  by  a  force  which  they  could  not  withstand 
has  drawn  them  into  cooperation.” 

“Pp  fail!)  pou  can  mobe  mountains, 
hut  tl )C  important  thing  is,  not  to  mobe 
the  mountains,  hut  to  habe  the  faith." 


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“so  LONELY  IWAS  THAT  GOD  HIMSELF  SCARCE  SEEMED  THERE  TO  BE” 

BUT  THIS  HOPI  INDIAN  CHURCH  WITNESSES  TO  HIS  PRESENCE 

The  American 

Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 

WE  ARE  recording  in  this  book,  let  us  remind  ourselves  again,  not 
merely  the  achievements  which  have  been  made  with  funds  derived 
from  the  New  World  Movement,  but  the  entire  progress  which  has 
been  made  in  our  Kingdom  work  during  these  three  years,  under  the 
providence  of  God.  During  this  period  our  American  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society  has  received  large  gifts  from  the  General  Education  Board, 
from  some  of  our  prosperous  North  American  Indians  and  from  other 
generous  benefactors.  While  these  gifts  do  not  form  any  part  of  the  receipts 
of  the  New  World  Movement,  they  have  enabled  the  Society  to  make  most 
gratifying  progress  in  the  achievement  of  the  program  set  forth  in  the  Survey. 

Our  North  American  Indians 

The  original  inhabitants  of  this  continent  are  still  our  first  obligation. 
Despite  the  presence  of  the  Christian  Church  in  America  for  more  than 
three  hundred  years,  there  are  still  thousands  of  these  first  citizens  who 
are  living  in  the  darkest  paganism.  The  program  set  forth  in  the  Survey 
for  their  evangelization  (page  59)  made  provision  for  a  steady  develop¬ 
ment  in  our  efforts  to  give  them  the  gospel.  Changing  conditions  have  led 
the  Home  Mission  Society  to  alter  this  program  somewhat,  as  new  demands 
have  arisen,  but  these  three  years  have  seen  marked  progress  in  the  devel¬ 
opment  of  our  Indian  work.  This  has  been  due  in  large  degree  to  the  gener¬ 
ous  gifts  of  some  of  the  Indians  themselves.  They  are  setting  a  most 
worthy  example  of  stewardship  as  they  seek  to  help  their  less  fortunate 
brethren.  These  gifts  have  made  possible  a  large  development  of  our  college 
at  Bacone,  Oklahoma.  This  is  now  the  best  school  in  the  country  for  the 
Indians  and  has  an  enrolment  of  225,  representing  twenty  different  tribes. 
« 

“ Indians — The  original  Americans ” 


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In  connection  with  this  school  we  maintain  the  Murrow  Indian  Orphans’ 
Home.  Over  $300,000  has  been  invested  in  new  buildings  for  these  institu¬ 
tions  and  the  endowment  has  been  largely  increased.  Nearly  all  this  money 
came  from  the  Indians  themselves.  The  evangelistic  spirit  at  Bacone  is 
strong  and  during  these  three  years  ninety  students  have  professed  faith 
in  Christ  and  have  been  baptized.  The  school  is  now  developing  a  depart¬ 
ment  for.  training  Indians  for  the  ministry  and  for  other  forms  of  religious 
work. 

In  1920  the  Home  Mission  Society  took  over,  at  the  request  of  another 
denomination,  their  work  among  the  Crow  Indians  in  Montana. 

We  have  now  20  Indian  churches  with  2,395  members  as  follows:  in 
Oklahoma  eleven  churches  with  1,695  members  among  six  tribes,  Kiowa, 
Comanche,  Cheyenne,  Arapaho,  Apache,  Caddo;  in  Montana  six  churches 
with  209  members,  all  Crow  Indians;  in  Arizona  three  churches  with  69 
members  in  two  tribes,  Navajo  and  Hopi;  in  Nevada  one  church  with  59 
members  in  the  Paiute  tribe;  in  California  six  churches  with  251  members 
among  the  Mono  Indians;  in  Alaska  one  church  with  22  members. 

TwTo-thirds  of  these  members  are  able  to  read  the  Bible  despite  the  fact 
that  the  majority  of  them  were  born  in  paganism  and  savagery.  The 
Society  has  recently  appointed  a  superintendent  who  devotes  his  entire 
time  to  this  work  among  the  Indians. 

The  Negroes 

The  Survey  was  issued  just  as  the  great  migration  of  the  Negroes  from 
the  South  to  the  North,  incident  to  the  war,  was  at  its  height.  While  many 
of  them  have  returned  to  the  Southland,  hundreds  of  thousands  are  making 
their  permanent  home  in  the  North.  The  Home  Mission  Society  set  itself 
vigorously  to  meet  the  demands  of  this  new  situation. 

In  carrying  out  its  program  outlined  in  the  Survey  (page  63)  the  Society 
has  appointed  a  General  Director  of  Negro  Work  in  the  Northern  States, 
a  thoroughly  trained  and  respected  member  of  the  race.  He  is  advising 
and  counseling  with  the  Negro  churches,  seeking  to  establish  them  on  per¬ 
manent  foundations. 

The  number  of  our  Negro  churches  has  multiplied  in  the  last  five  years. 
In  Detroit,  for  example,  in  1917  there  were  five  Negro  Baptist  churches; 
at  present  there  are  thirty-eight.  In  Chicago  the  number  has  increased 
proportionately.  Some  of  these  churches  are  of  mushroom  growth  but 
many  are  strong  and  vigorous.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  the  largest 
Baptist  church  in  the  world  is  the  Olivet  Church  of  Chicago,  with  over 
10,000  members.  It  has  two  houses  of  worship,  one  of  them  the  magnificent 
former  home  of  the  First  Baptist  Church. 

This  multiplication  of  churches  has  made  heavy  demands  upon  the 
church  edifice  fund,  for  the  Society  has  had  to  make  loans  and  gifts  to 
assist  in  erecting  new  church  homes  in  Chicago,  Detroit,  Cleveland,  Pitts¬ 
burgh,  Buffalo,  Omaha,  Milwaukee  and  other  cities  affected  by  the  immi¬ 
gration.  In  accordance  with  its  program  the  Society  has  established  four 
Negro  Christian  centers  at  Pittsburgh,  Detroit,  Cleveland  and  Chicago. 
These  new  emigrants  to  the  North  have  been  herded  together  in  the  most 
congested  and  poorest  centers  of  our  great  cities  where  they  have  been  sub- 

“ Negroes — Americans  by  Compulsion” 


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HOMES  OF  UNEDUCATED  NEGROES 


BEFORE  AND — 

*} 

jected  to  all  sorts  of  temptations.  They  greatly  need  places  of  social 
recreation  under  Christian  influences.  These  the  Society  is  seeking  to 
furnish  in  these  Christian  centers,  in  which  it  is  making  a  great  contribution 
to  their  uplift. 

In  its  efforts  for  the  education  of  the  Negroes  of  the  South  the  Society 
has  made  marked  progress.  It  has  spent  considerable  sums  in  the  improve¬ 
ment  of  school  buildings  and  has  erected  several  new  ones.  It  has  also  been 
able  by  the  aid  of  the  General  Education  Board  greatly  to  increase  the 
compensation  of  the  teachers. 

The  Society  is  in  large  measure  supporting  seven  colleges  in  the  South 
where  boys  and  girls  may  secure  a  real  college  education.  It  is  also  assist¬ 
ing  in  the  support  of  eight  other  schools  of  varying  grades.  These  schools 
now  enroll  more  than  7,000  students,  an  increase  of  2,000  in  three  years. 
Six  hundred  of  them  are  in  college  classes,  3,000  in  high  school  departments 
and  the  balance  in  industrial  and  grade  classes.  More  than  500  of  these 
students  are  preparing  for  the  Christian  ministry.  Over  300  professions  of 
faith  are  made  year  by  year  in  these  schools,  which  are  strongly  Christian 
and  evangelistic. 

“When  you  educate  the  Negro,  or  any  other  class  or  race  of  people,  you 
are  removing  them  from  the  liability  side  of  the  book  and  putting  them  on 
the  asset  side.”  The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society,  through 
these  schools,  has  greatly  reduced  the  liabilities  of  this  country  and  greatly 
increased  its  assets  during  the  past  three  years. 

The  New  Americans 

It  was  an  ambitious  program  which  the  Society  set  before  itself  in  1919 
for  its  ministry  to  the  New  Americans  (Survey  page  67).  It  is  most  en¬ 
couraging  to  note  how  far  it  has  gone  in  the  development  of  this  ministry. 
The  nation  has  wisely  stemmed  the  tide  of  the  new  immigration  during 
the  past  two  years  but  we  have  by  no  means  caught  up  with  our  task  of 
Christianizing  these  new  comers.  The  first  hope  of  the  Society  in  this 

“We  need  their  help — shall  we  help  their  need?” 


24 


THE  HOME  OF  AN  EDUCATED  NEGRO 

AFTER  TAKING 


direction  was  to  found  a  new  training  school  for  preparing  the  representa¬ 
tives  of  several  races  to  be  ministers  and  evangelists  among  their  own  peo¬ 
ple.  This  dream  has  been  realized  in  the  new  International  Baptist  Semi¬ 
nary  which  has  been  established  at  East  Orange,  New  Jersey,  and  which 
combines  various  training  schools  which  previously  existed  in  different 
parts  of  the  country.  It  is  splendidly  housed  on  a  fine  great  estate 
which  has  been  refitted  for  the  purpose.  It  has  departments  for  training 
preachers  for  the  following  races:  Russian,  Slovak,  Hungarian,  Polish, 
Rumanian.  Affiliated  with  this  Seminary  is  the  Italian  Department  of 
Colgate  University.  The  number  of  students  has  almost  doubled  in  three 
years,  and  includes  12  Russians,  all  of  whom  were  converted  in  German 
prison  camps  during  the  war.  This  school  has  a  most  important  mission 
just  now  in  training  preachers,  not  only  those  who  will  work  in  this  coun¬ 
try,  but  also  many  who  are  returning  to  their  own  countries  to  evangelize 
the  great  hosts  who  are  now  turning  to  the  Baptists  for  a  new  faith. 

The  Society  has  also  opened  in  Los  Angeles  a  Spanish-American  Train¬ 
ing  School  for  ministers  for  the  Mexican  churches  in  the  southwestern  part 
of  our  country,  where  these  people  have  been  settling  in  large  numbers. 
This  school  has  twelve  students. 

The  mission  work  among  these  New  Americans  has  been  prosecuted 
vigorously  during  these  three  years.  This  has  been  especially  true  of  the 
work  among  the  Mexicans  in  the  United  States.  This  is  a  comparatively 
new  work.  The  General  Missionary  has  explored  new  fields,  strengthened 
old  stations  and  discovered  new  workers,  so  that  last  year  more  baptisms 
among  the  Mexicans  were  reported  in  these  new  stations  in  the  United 
States  than  in  our  old  stations  in  Mexico  itself.  In  cooperation  with  the 
state  conventions  more  adequate  equipment  is  now  being  provided  for 
the  new  and  expanding  work. 

Marked  advance  has  been  made  in  our  work  among  the  Chinese  and  the 
Japanese  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Two  splendid  church  buildings  and  Chris¬ 
tian  centers,  one  for  each  people,  have  recently  been  dedicated  in  Seattle, 

“New  Americans — Americans  from  choice ” 


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INTERNATIONAL  SEMINARY  AT  EAST  ORANGE,  N.  J. 
“how  shall  they  hear  without  a  preacher?” 


costing  with  the  land  $75,000.  Another  Christian  center  has  been  erected 
in  Locke,  a  distinctively  Chinese  town  in  California,  while  new  fields  have 
been  occupied  in  California  and  Washington  for  work  among  the  Japanese. 

Three  years  ago  the  two  Home  Mission  Societies  declared  their  con¬ 
viction  that  one  of  the  most  efficient  means  of  reaching  these  New  Ameri¬ 
cans  would  prove  to  be  the  Christian  centers  and  stated  their  purpose  to 
develop  this  work  strongly.  At  that  time  there  were  only  three  of  these 
centers.  Today  there  are  29,  with  one  other  under  construction  and  plans 
drawn  for  three  more.  They  have  proved  most  effective  in  reaching  these 
people  for  the  gospel.  In  one  field  where  we  had  formerly  made  scarcely 
any  impression  upon  a  difficult  foreign  language  community  we  had  a 
number  of  baptisms  during  the  past  year  and  a  revolutionary  change  of 
attitude  toward  evangelical  Christianity  in  the  entire  community. 

Latin  America 

The  demands  of  Latin  America  are  becoming  more  numerous  and  more 
imperative  every  year.  For  many  years  the  Home  Mission  Society  has 
been  at  work  in  Mexico  and,  since  the  Spanish-American  war,  in  Cuba  and 
Porto  Rico.  Only  a  few  years  ago  Central  American  work  was  inaugurated 
in  Salvador,  Nicaragua  and  Honduras.  The  work  is  growing  constantly 
as  these  lands  are  opening  to  the  gospel.  In  Latin  America  it  has  been  our 
policy  to  discover  native  leaders,  train  them  and  put  the  responsibility 
for  evangelizing  their  lands  upon  them.  In  all  these  fields  we  have  87  native 
pastors  and  only  14  American  male  missionaries,  of  whom  five  are  teachers 
and  doctors.  Three  years  ago  there  was  only  one  self-supporting  church  in 
Latin  America,  now  there  are  nine;  five  in  Mexico,  two  in  Cuba  and  two  in 
Porto  Rico.  During  this  period  the  membership  has  increased  from  6,322 
in  134  churches  to  7,168  in  139  churches.  Their  benevolences  have  in¬ 
creased  from  $26,965  to  $51,851,  a  most  commendable  gain. 

In  cooperation  with  the  Southern  Baptist  Convention  the  Home  Mis- 

“Not  what  we  give,  but  what  we  share” 

26 


NEW  HOSTEL  AND  TRAINING  SCHOOL  IN  PORTO  RICO 
“how  far  that  little  candle  throws  his  beams” 

sion  Society  maintains  at  Saltillo,  Mexico,  a  theological  seminary  with  an 
enrolment  of  45  students.  These  young  men  came  from  all  parts  of  our  Latin 
American  field.  This  year  a  boys’  high  school  has  been  opened  in  connection 
with  the  Seminary  with  an  enrolment  of  210  students.  Land  has  recently 
been  purchased  and  the  buildings  must  soon  be  erected. 

In  Mexico  we  maintain  the  best  equipped  hospital  in  the  entire  repub¬ 
lic,  with  fifty  beds.  It  has  done  much  to  break  down  the  prejudice  against 
our  missionary  work. 

In  Nicaragua,  where  the  Woman’s  Home  Mission  Society  has  main¬ 
tained  for  several  years  a  school  at  Managua,  the  general  Society  has 
purchased  land  and  buildings  for  a  boys’  school. 

In  Cuba  our  prosperous  school  at  Cristo,  the  Colegios  Internacionales, 
now  has  an  enrolment  of  250  students,  of  whom  108  are  in  the  college  de¬ 
partment,  twice  as  many  as  three  years  ago. 

Our  theological  school,  located  near  the  University  of  Porto  Rico,  is 
developing  finely.  Two  new  church  buildings  have  been  erected  in  Porto 
Rico,  one  in  Salvador,  Central  America,  and  a  Sunday  school  building  in 
Mexico  City. 

At  the  request  of  the  British  Baptist  Missionary  Society  our  Home  Mis¬ 
sion  Society  has  begun  to  cooperate  with  them  in  the  rehabilitation  of  the 
Baptist  churches  of  Jamaica.  This  has  taken  the  form  of  strengthening 
the  Christian  Workers  Training  Department  of  Calabor  College  and  sup¬ 
porting  a  missionary  superintendent. 

The  Island  of  Haiti  was  assigned  to  us  several  years  ago.  The  field 
has  now  been  surveyed.  A  school  for  training  Christian  workers  has  been 
opened  and  land  has  been  purchased  at  Jacmel  for  the  new  school. 

The  Older  Americans 

The  work  of  the  Home  Mission  Society  began  in  an  effort  to  build  and 
foster  churches  among  the  English-speaking  people  in  the  new  districts 
of  a  rapidly  developing  country.  There  has  now  been  developed  in  each 

“A  fellow-feeling  makes  one  wondrous  kind” 

27 


i 


THE  COLPORTER'S  CALL  UPON  FRONTIER  FOLK 


state  an  independent  state  convention  which  has  assumed  responsibility 
for  work  of  this  type,  and  direction  of  it.  The  Society,  however,  still  main¬ 
tains  its  helpful  relations  and  has  an  extensive  ministry  of  various  types. 

The  Society  maintains  a  department  of  evangelism  and  has  a  force  of 
twenty-one  field  evangelists.  It  employs  a  “church  invigorator”  who  takes 
hold  of  churches  that  have  lost  heart  and  are  about  to  quit.  More  than 
twenty  churches  of  the  “down  and  out”  class  have  been  put  on  their  feet 
and  sent  on  their  way  rejoicing.  The  Society  has  five  directors  of  town  and 
country  church  work  who  are  seeking  to  help  the  country  churches  in  the 
more  effective  organization  of  their  work.  In  connection  with  the  Ameri¬ 
can  Baptist  Publication  Society  it  maintains  forty-one  colporter-mission- 
aries  working  among  the  people  in  the  sparsely  settled  areas.  The  six  chapel 
cars  are  also  still  busily  at  work. 

The  Home  Mission  Society  has  organized  a  Department  of  Architec¬ 
ture  and  employs  a  highly  trained  and  widely  experienced  architect.  During 
the  last  year  over  310  churches  have  consulted  the  department  about  new 
buildings  or  the  rebuilding  of  old  structures.  The  architect  has  traveled 
40,000  miles  and  visited  and  advised  on  the  field  with  223  churches  during 
the  year.  Our  Baptist  churches  are  going  to  be  better  housed  in  the  future. 

The  Society  conducts  a  department  known  as  the  Baptist  Brotherhood 
Federation  which  is  seeking  to  organize  Baptist  men  in  local  groups  and  to 
stimulate  their  interest  in  all  such  activities  as  should  engage  the  attention 
of  Christian  men. 

The  progress  of  the  Society  can  be  no  better  reflected  than  by  the  state¬ 
ment  that  for  the  three  years  preceding  the  Survey  the  income  of  the  Society 
for  all  purposes  was  $1,876,284.75.  For  the  three  years  since  the  Survey  the 
receipts  applying  on  the  New  World  Movement  have  been$2,755,936.06.  Ad¬ 
ditional  receipts,  not  counting  on  the  Movement  have  amounted  to  $1,625, 420. 

“Long  may  our  land  be  bright  with  freedom’s  holy  light ” 


28 


CLASS  DAY  AT  SPELMAN  SEMINARY 


SUMMER  ON  THE  CAMPUS  AND  A  NEW  SUMMER  IN  THEIR  LIVES 


Woman's  American  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society 


HE  work  of  the  Woman’s  Home  Mission  Society  closely  parallels  that 


of  the  general  Society  but  never  duplicates  it.  The  two  organizations 


work  together  in  the  heartiest  cooperation,  each  contributing  to  the 
joint  work  that  which  it  can  most  naturally  offer.  The  Survey  combined 
into  one  presentation  the  activities  and  interests  of  the  two  organizations 
(pages  57-80).  It  is  not  easy  to  separate  these  activities  now  and  to  assign 
to  each  its  full  share.  But  let  us  pass  in  review  again  the  achievements 
on  the  home  field  during  the  past  three  years  and  note  the  great  contribu¬ 
tion  which  has  been  made  through  the  Woman’s  American  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society. 

The  work  among  the  Mono  Indians  in  California  is  of  comparatively 
recent  origin  but  its  development  has  been  most  remarkable  and  encourag¬ 
ing.  A  great  change  has  taken  place  in  the  character  of  the  Indians  them¬ 
selves  and  therefore  in  their  relations  with  their  white  neighbors.  So  shift¬ 
less  and  unreliable  were  they  before  the  missionaries  came  that  the  white 
men  would  not  have  them  around  as  workmen  if  any  others  could  be  found; 
but  so  complete  has  been  the  transformation  that  now  they  cannot  be 
secured  in  sufficient  numbers  to  work  in  the  vineyards  and  on  the  ranches. 
So  much  for  the  influence  of  the  teacher  and  the  evangelist. 

Since  the  New  World  Movement  began  the  Woman’s  Society  has  opened 


29 


“Christ  in  every  home ” 


a  new  station  among  the  Mono  Indians  at  the  Sycamore  Mission,  Toll 
House,  California.  The  work  was  successful  from  the  beginning,  eight  of 
the  Indians  having  been  baptized  within  six  months.  There  has  been  great 
increase  of  interest  among  the  Crow  Indians  in  Montana  with  many  con¬ 
versions  and  baptisms.  Several  of  the  settlements  have  decided  to  give 
up  their  heathen  dances.  This  is  a  long  step  in  advance. 

The  work  among  the  Hopi  Indians  in  Arizona  is  most  encouraging. 
They  are  catching  the  evangelistic  spirit.  The  tribes  live  on  the  mesas, 
the  high  table  lands,  but  when  the  Indians  are  converted  they  move  down 
to  the  Christian  settlements.  These  Christian  Indians  have  now  taken  up 
street  preaching.  They  go  back  up  on  the  mesas  in  the  evening  and  hold 
street  meetings.  The  Indians  give  their  testimony  and  the  evangelist 
preaches.  The  work  is  telling  among  the  non-Christian  Indians. 

The  Woman’s  Society  has  erected  a  rather  unusual  but  most  useful 
community  house  for  the  Hopi  Indians  at  Polacca,  Arizona.  It  is  a  com¬ 
bination  of  laundry  and  bathhouse.  It  has  a  sewing-room  and  bathrooms 
and  accommodations  for  a  large  number  of  the  Indian  women  to  do  their 
laundry.  Only  those  who  know  conditions  in  this  dry  country  can  appre¬ 
ciate  what  this  will  mean  to  the  Indians.  But  it  is  to  be  an  evangelizing 
center  as  well.  Is  not  cleanliness  next  to  godliness?  The  Christian  women 
will  be  at  the  house  every  day  mingling  with  the  non-Christian  women 
and  talking  with  them  about  the  “Jesus  road.” 

The  Woman’s  Home  Mission  Society  has  always  had  an  extensive  work 
among  the  people  of  the  South.  It  furnishes  a  large  group  of  teachers  in 
our  many  schools  for  the  Negroes.  As  in  the  case  of  the  general  Society 
the  salaries  have  been  necessarily  low  but  the  receipts  of  the  New  World 
Movement  have  enabled  the  Society  to  make  considerable  advance  in  these 
salaries.  That  does  not  mean  that  the  compensation  is  as  yet  adequate — 
far  from  it— but  we  rejoice  in  the  improvement. 

During  this  period,  through  a  gift  entirely  outside  the  New  World  Move¬ 
ment,  there  have  been  erected  a  home  for  nurses  and  a  domestic  science 
building  at  Spelman  Seminary  at  Atlanta.  The  Society  has  established  a 
new  department  for  normal  and  missionary  training  at  Shaw  University, 
Raleigh,  purchasing  a  house  and  adapting  it  to  the  new  purpose.  The 
training  of  women  missionaries  to  work  among  their  own  race  is  one  of  the 
greatest  contributions  to  the  uplift  of  the  Negro  people.  The  Society  has 
extended  its  Fireside  School  work  by  adding  new  field  workers  who  visit 
among  the  Negro  women  and  encourage  the  study  of  the  Bible  and  good 
reading  in  the  homes. 

The  Society  has  shared  largely  in  the  development  of  the  new  Christian 
centers  for  the  Negroes  at  Pittsburgh,  Cleveland,  Detroit  and  Chicago. 
The  Negroes  themselves  are  cooperating  generously  in  the  development  of 
this  work,  especially  at  the  Olivet  Church  in  Chicago,  where  they  bear  a 
large  part  of  the  cost,  but  the  assistance  of  the  Woman’s  Society  is  greatly 
needed  in  building  up  this  most  successful  phase  of  work  among  our  Negro 
neighbors. 

In  its  work  among  the  New  Americans  the  Woman’s  Society,  while 
compelled  to  make  serious  reductions  in  its  budget  this  present  year,  has 
been  able  to  take  some  advance  steps.  For  example,  it  has  increased  the 
number  of  workers  among  the  Hungarians,  added  to  the  staff  of  the  suc- 

“ Mothers  are  the  gardeners  of  the  human  race” 


30 


CHRISTIAN  CENTER  IN  LOS  ANGELES 
“let  me  live  in  a  house  by  the  side  of  the  road  and  be  a  friend  to  man” 


cessful  school  for  Chinese  children  in  San  Francisco,  and  increased  its 
work  among  the  Chinese  in  Seattle.  The  Society  is  especially  gratified 
with  the  results  of  the  work  in  the  Chinese  community  at  Locke,  California. 
The  Society  has  an  American  woman  and  a  Chinese  woman  at  this  station. 
The  new  building  has  proved  a  great  asset  and  the  work  is  developing 
steadily.  There  have  been  several  conversions,  especially  among  the  young 
people. 

The  conditions  among  the  many  immigrants  detained  at  Ellis  Island 
under  the  restricted  immigration  law  have  appealed  strongly  to  the  women 
and  they  have  established  a  nursery  at  the  Island  to  help  the  mothers 
care  for  their  children.  The  missionaries  are  able  to  render  a  most  helpful 
service  to  these  prospective  citizens  by  teaching  them  how  to  bathe  and 
care  for  their  babies. 

The  Society  has  opened  a  new  work  among  the  Mexicans  at  Phoenix, 
Arizona.  The  work  is  so  promising  that  a  Christian  center  is  now  being 
constructed  to  house  the  expanding  work.  These  Christian  centers  make 
possible  all  kinds  of  Christian  service  to  our  new  neighbors,  that  we  may 
make  them  good  citizens  of  our  republic  and,  more  important  still,  citizens 
of  the  Kingdom.  It  must  not  be  forgotten  that  the  Woman’s  Society  has 
a  large  share  in  establishing  and  maintaining  this  work.  It  will  be  inter¬ 
esting  to  list  the  new  Christian  centers,  all  but  three  opened  since  the  New 
World  Movement  began: 

1.  WITH  RESIDENT  STAFF 

1.  Baptist  Christian  Center,  Los  Angeles,  Calif.  (Spanish-speaking  people) 

2.  Bethel  Neighborhood  House,  Kansas  City,  Kans.  (Cosmopolitan) 

3.  Brooks  House  of  Christian  Service,  Hammond,  Ind.  (Cosmopolitan) 

“ One  flag,  one  land,  one  heart,  one  hand,  one  nation  evermore  ” 


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JAPANESE  COMMUNITY  CENTER,  SEATTLE 

A  FACTORY  OF  RACIAL  FRIENDSHIP 


4.  Chinese  Christian  Center,  Seattle,  Wash. 

5.  Christian  Center  for  Negroes,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

6.  Christian  Center  for  Negroes,  Detroit,  Mich. 

7.  Christian  Center  for  Chinese,  Locke,  Calif. 

8.  Davenport  House  of  Christian  Service,  New  Haven,  Conn.  (Italians) 

9.  Fellowship  House,  Omaha,  Neb.  (Cosmopolitan) 

10.  Italian  Settlement  House,  Camden,  N.  J. 

11.  Japanese  Women’s  Home,  Seattle,  Wash. 

12.  Judson  Neighborhood  House,  New  York  City  (Italians) 

13.  Katherine  House  of  Christian  Fellowship,  East  Hammond,  Ind.  (Cosmopolitan) 

14.  Kleenburn,  Wyo.  (Mining  population) 

15.  Morgan  Community  House,  Pittsburgh,  Penn.  (Negroes) 

16.  Prospect  Hudson  and  Trenton  Avenue  Neighborhood  Houses,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

(Italians) 

17.  San  Juan  Community  House,  Puerta  de  Tierra,  Porto  Rico  (Porto  Ricans) 

18.  South  Chicago  Neighborhood  House,  Chicago,  Ill.  (Cosmopolitan) 

19.  Strong  Place  Christian  Center,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  (Cosmopolitan) 

20.  Weirton,  W.  Va.  (Mining  population) 

2.  WITH  NON-RESIDENT  STAFF 

1.  Aiken  Institute,  Chicago,  Ill.  (Cosmopolitan) 

2.  Christian  Service  House,  Dayton,  Ohio  (Cosmopolitan) 

3.  Dietz  Memorial,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  (Italians) 

4.  Olivet,  Chicago,  Ill.  (Negroes) 

“  Unity  of  spirit  is  of  more  importance  than  unity  of  race” 


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New  centers  are  being  erected  for  the  Mexicans  at  Phoenix,  Arizona, 
for  the  Italians  at  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  and  for  the  mining  population 
at  Rankin,  Pennsylvania. 

The  first  and  primary  purpose  of  these  Christian  centers  is  to  bring 
the  people  personally  to  an  understanding  and  acceptance  of  the  saving 
power  of  Jesus  Christ.  But  they  also  minister  to  a  multitude  of  the  needs 
of  these  “strangers  within  our  gates.”  Just  note  this  list  of  activities,  not 
all  of  them  found  in  any  one  center,  the  work  being  adapted  to  the  needs 
of  the  various  groups:  Bible  classes,  Boy  Scouts,  boys’  and  girls’  clubs, 
Camp  Fire  Girls,  camp  training,  citizenship  clubs,  clinics,  concerts,  cooking 
classes,  day  nurseries,  daily  vacation  Bible  schools,  dispensaries,  dress¬ 
making  classes,  embroidery  classes,  employment  bureaus,  English  classes, 
Girl  Scouts,  gymnasium,  housekeeping  classes,  industrial  schools,  kinder¬ 
gartens,  lectures,  libraries,  literary  clubs,  millinery  classes,  missionary  so¬ 
cieties,  mothers’  meetings,  notary  public  service,  patriotic  meetings,  pub¬ 
lic  baths  and  laundry,  reading  room  for  men,  recreational  games  and  exer¬ 
cises,  social  clubs,  story  hours,  Sunday  schools,  visiting  nurse  and  classes  in 
nursing  for  women,  young  people’s  meetings. 

Central  America 

• 

The  Woman’s  Society  has  a  deep  interest  in  Central  America  and  has 
made  noteworthy  progress  in  developing  this  comparatively  new  work. 

1.  The  Society  has  recently  opened  a  day  school  for  girls  in  the  city  of 
San  Salvador. 

2.  It  has  increased  its  staff  of  foreign  workers  in  Central  America  to 
nine  and  increased  the  native  staff  of  teachers  by  a  considerable  number. 

3.  The  school  property  at  Managua  has  been  enlarged  to  accommodate 
the  rapidly  increasing  number  of  pupils. 

4.  The  school  at  Santa  Ana  has  increased  in  popularity  and  has  a  long 
list  of  girls  anxiously  awaiting  acceptance. 

5.  Boarding  departments  have  been  opened  at  several  of  the  schools, 
to  be  the  foundation  of  departments  for  the  training  of  missionary  workers. 

6.  A  missionary  training  department  has  already  been  established  in 
the  school  at  Rio  Piedras,  Porto  Rico. 

7.  Schools  have  been  opened  in  the  new  fields  at  San  Turce  and  Yauco, 
Porto  Rico. 

8.  A  Christian  center  has  been  opened  at  San  Juan  with  an  industrial 
department.  Girls  are  being  trained  to  do  drawn  and  other  fancy  work 
that  they  may  become  self-supporting  and  may  pay  for  their  education. 

9.  The  governor’s  mansion  at  Puebla,  Mexico,  has  been  purchased  for 
the  girls’  school,  which  now  gives  all  the  grades  from  the  kindergarten  to 
the  sixth,  inclusive,  including  a  normal  and  missionary  training  department. 
Other  grades  will  be  added  from  year  to  year  until  the  full  high  school 
work  is  given. 

10.  A  new  day  school  has  been  opened  in  Mexico  City. 

11.  Two  new  missionary  teachers  have  been  sent  to  Mexico  and  the 
native  staff  has  been  increased. 

The  total  receipts  of  the  Woman’s  American  Baptist  Home  Mission 
Society  for  the  three  years  previous  to  the  Survey  were  $869,567.99,  and  for 
the  three  years  since  have  been  $1,098,089. 


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“We  live  in  deeds,  not  years ” 

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Non-English- Speaking  Baptists 

WE  HAVE  in  our  country  an  increasing  number  of  non-English- 
speaking  Baptists.  They  have  come  to  this  land  to  share  our  lot  with 
us.  They  are  earnest  Christians  and  loyal  Baptists.  Many  of  them 
have  entered  our  fellowship  through  great  trials  and  suffering.  We  welcome 
them  heartily,  sure  that  they  have  a  contribution  to  make  to  our  common 
faith  and  life. 

The  English-speaking  Baptists  will  be  interested  to  note  the  considerable 
list  of  conferences  into  which  our  brethren  are  organized: 

American  Magyar  (Hungarian)  Baptist  Union 

Czecho-Slovak  Conference 

Danish  Baptist  General  Conference  of  America 

English  and  French-speaking  Conference  of  New  England 

Finnish  Baptist  Mission  Union  of  America 

German  Baptist  Churches  of  North  America 

Italian  Baptist  Association 

Lettish  Baptist  Conference 

Norwegian  Baptist  Conference  of  America 

Polish  Baptist  Conference 

Rumanian  Baptist  Association  of  America 

Russian  Baptist  Conference 

Swedish  Baptist  General  Conference  of  America 

There  are  other  groups  which  are  not  formally  organized  into  confer¬ 
ences.  Among  them  may  be  mentioned  the  Esthonians,  Chinese,  Japan¬ 
ese,  Mexicans,  Lithuanians,  Slovenians. 

All  these  conferences  are  linked  in  one  way  or  another  more  or  less 
closely  with  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention.  Some  of  them  were  able 
to  participate  directly  in  the  New  World  Movement  and  have  had  much  to 
do  in  helping  to  achieve  the  degree  of  success  which  we  have  reached. 
Others  had  their  own  plans  for  advance  so  far  perfected  at  the  time  that  it 
seemed  best  to  them  to  go  on  independently. 

We  should  be  glad  to  include  a  report  from  each  one  of  these  conferences 
but  the  scope  of  this  book  will  not  permit.  We  have  therefore  selected 
four  statements,  three  of  them  being  reports  from  the  older  groups  and  one 
from  one  of  the  latest,  as  indicating  the  progress  of  our  non-English- 
speaking  brethren.  Others  would  make  reports  equally  significant. 

The  German  Baptist  Churches 

At  the  same  time  that  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention  laid  its  plans 
to  raise  One  Hundred  Million  Dollars  the  General-  Conference  of  the  Ger¬ 
man-speaking  Baptist  Churches  of  North  America  launched  an  enterprise 
called  the  “Million  Dollar  Offering.”  It  was  the  hope  that  the  constitu¬ 
ency  of  about  30,000  members  would  contribute  this  sum  in  the  period 
September  1,  1919,  to  July  31,  1922.  This  was  a  heroic  undertaking. 
There  is  great  rejoicing  now  for  not  only  did  they  raise  the  full  million  dol¬ 
lars  but  the  measure  “was  pressed  down  and  running  over,”  several 
thousands  more  than  the  million  having  been  raised.  At  the  session  of  the 
Conference  in  August,  1922,  plans  were  made  for  a  further  advance. 

“ Our  land  theirs — their  interests  ours” 


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The  Conference  is  realizing  the  necessity  for  more  attention  to  religious 
education  and  has  secured  the  services  of  two  field  representatives  who  give 
their  full  time  to  fostering  this  work  among  the  young  people. 

As  a  result  of  the  successful  “Million  Dollar  Offering”  the  German¬ 
speaking  Baptists  have  been  able  to  enlarge  their  foreign  mission  work. 
They  have  long  cooperated  with  the  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission 
Society  in  work  abroad,  but  during  the  last  two  years,  at  the  suggestion 
of  the  Society,  they  have  undertaken  an  extensive  independent  work  in 
Europe:  Poland,  Bulgaria,  Rumania,  Hungary,  Austria,  Switzerland, 
Lithuania,  Esthonia  and  Germany.  They  are  only  waiting  for  the  door  to 
openinto  Russia,  which  may  proveto  betheirlargestand  most  successful  field. 

The  Norwegian  Baptist  Churches 

The  report  from  the  Norwegian  Baptist  Conference  is  so  encouraging 
and  stimulating  that  we  present  the  whole  statement  herewith: 

“The  New  World  Movement  has  proved  itself  to  be  of  great  blessing 
and  help  to  the  Norwegian  Baptist  Conference  of  America. 

“When  the  Movement  was  first  inaugurated  it  was  viewed  somewhat 
with  suspicion  and  amazement  in  many  different  quarters.  A  thorough¬ 
going  campaign  of  education  in  regard  to  its  meaning  and  purpose  was 
effected,  and  although  the  figures  involved  seemed  to  be  almost  staggering, 
the  churches — practically  without  exception — went  into  the  Movement 
wholeheartedly  and  with  the  most  encouraging  results. 

“Our  Conference  is  at  present  on  a  more  solid  financial  ground  than 
ever  before,  owing  largely  to  our  cooperation  in  the  New  World  Movement. 
Instead  of  having  a  special  field  agent  for  the  purpose  of  raising  the  neces¬ 
sary  funds  for  our  general  work,  all  our  efforts  are  now  bent  towards  the 
evangelistic  side  of  the  work,  always  having  in  mind,  of  course,  the  steward¬ 
ship  principles. 

“We  have,  in  all  the  states  where  we  have  any  work,  cooperated  with 
the  respective  state  conventions  so  as  to  avoid  overlapping  or  duplication  of 
efforts,  and  this  has  brought  us  into  closer  relationship  with  and  better 
understanding  of  our  American  brethren,  and  this,  we  are  confident,  is  a 
great  benefit  to  us. 

“Our  denominational  school  had  great  difficulties  to  overcome  in  its 
struggle  for  existence  on  account  of  shortage  in  funds.  We  still  have  diffi¬ 
culties,  but  the  New  World  Movement  has  greatly  relieved  the  burden. 

“Our  churches  have  in  more  than  one  way  felt  the  blessings  resulting 
from  the  participation  in  the  New  World  Movement,  and  it  is  significant 
to  notice  that  the  last  year,  according  to  statistics,  saw  more  additions  by 
baptisms  than  any  previous  year  in  the  history  of  our  Conference. 

“We  thank  God  for  the  New  World  Movement  and  for  the  broader 
view  of  the  Kingdom  and  of  the  responsibilities  that  it  has  given  to  us  as 
churches  and  individuals.” 

The  Danish  Baptist  Churches 

The  outstanding  feature  of  the  work  of  our  Danish  Baptist  Churches 
during  the  last  three  years,  according  to  the  report  from  the  Danish  Bap¬ 
tist  General  Conference,  is  their  rapid  progress  toward  Americanization. 

“Noble  by  birth,  yet  nobler  by  great  deeds ” 
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CZECHOSLOVAK  CHURCH,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

A  CENTER  OF  CHRISTIANIZATION  AND  AMERICANIZATION 

Some  of  the  churches  now  use  the  English  language  exclusively  in  their 
public  services.  In  other  churches  three-fourths  of  the  services  are  in 
English,  while  in  all  the  churches  English  is  used  in  the  evening  services, 
where  the  attendance  is  predominantly  of  young  people.  The  Sunday 
schools  are  all  conducted  in  English. 

“  Yet  I  doubt  not  thro’  the  ages  one  increasing  purpose  runs” 


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The  Danish  churches  are  strongest  in  Iowa.  Here  an  affiliation  amount¬ 
ing  almost  to  consolidation  has  been  effected  with  the  State  Convention. 

An  effort  has  been  carried  on  during  the  last  three  years  to  secure  a 
material  increase  in  the  salaries  of  the  pastors.  The  effort  has  been  remark¬ 
ably  successful,  though  some  pastors  are  still  badly  underpaid. 

The  spiritual  progress  of  the  churches  has  been  most  encouraging. 
During  the  past  year  the  churches  have  been  carrying  on  a  “mission  cam¬ 
paign,”  which  has  had  for  its  aims  the  upbuilding  of  the  spiritual  life  of  the 
churches  and  the  conversion  of  those  who  have  not  accepted  Christ. 
There  has  already  been  a  good  ingathering  and  the  work  is  still  going  on. 

The  Czecho  slovak  Churches 

A  most  interesting  report  is  made  by  our  brethren  of  the  Czecho¬ 
slovak  churches.  We  will  let  the  statement  appear  largely  in  their  own 
graphic  and  impressive  language. 

“The  first  and  most  important  thing  for  the  future  happened  between 
the  Czecho-Slovaks,  that  in  the  year  1920  our  Czecho-Slovak  churches 
started  gathering  money  for  the  New  World  Movement  and  nearly  every 
church  gathers  every  year  so  much  money  as  was  asked  from  us  for  that 
purpose.  With  this  for  the  future  our  churches  learned  first  to  contribute 
richly  for  the  Kingdom  of  God  and  second  from  that  that  our  churches 
got  a  desire  to  work  more  and  higher  and  to  do  our  duty  in  missionary 
work,  and  this  means  a  lot  between  us  Czecho-Slovaks.  By  this  watch  the 
development  in  missionary  work  and  the  result  is  that  for  the  last  three 
years  we  nearly  did  as  much  between  our  people  as  before  in  the  whole 
twenty  years.  During  the  last  three  we  gained  706  members.  We  bought 
and  built  buildings  for  seven  churches,  organized  four  new  churches  and  on 
five  fields  we  started  missionary  work  besides  the  new  places  on  which  our 
organized  churches  work. 

“Also  during  the  last  three  years  eight  ordained  new  ministers  went 
to  do  missionary  work,  three  missionary  wmrkers  and  two  colporters. 

“Besides  this  through  the  last  three  years  we  started  a  new  organiza¬ 
tion  with  the  name  of  ‘The  Missionary  Union  in  Chicago  of  Czecho¬ 
slovak  Baptists.’  This  Union  gathers  money  for  Baptist  orphans  of 
Czecho-Slovakia  and  every  month  they  have  their  meeting  where  by  lectur¬ 
ing  they  educate  mission  workers.  Also  in  Chicago  we  started  missionary 
work  among  the  Jugo-Slavians  and  for  that  work  voted  $1,000  yearly. 

“Also  we  got  a  desire  in  our  churches  to  start  missionary  work  in  every 
large  city  where  there  is  colonies  of  Czechs  and  Slovaks  and  for  this  in  our 
conference  of  1921  we  elected  a  general  missionary. 

“Through  the  last  three  years  we  established  a  society  having 
the  name  ‘Bible  Circle  Publication  Society,’  which  issued  thousands  of 
tracts  of  different  sorts.  Not  only  that  but  our  Conference  started  issuing 
a  monthly  magazine  Pravda  (The  Truth)  and  also  a  non-denominational 
magazine  was  established  Slavna  Nadej  (‘The  Glorious  Hope’). 

“In  our  last  conference  in  Minneapolis  in  1922  it  was  decided  that  we 
will  collect  $5,000  from  our  churches  so  that  we  could  help  our  weaker 
churches  and  also  to  increase  our  work.  What  was  the  most  interesting 
happened  the  last  day  by  the  table  for  about  fifteen  minutes  from  about  our 
80  delegates  was  promised  $2,400  on  that  conference.  This  is  the  ideal  of 
the  Czecho-Slovak  conference  under  the  inspiration  of  the  New  World 
Movement.” 

“ He  hath  no  power  who  hath  no  power  to  use  ” 


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JAMSHEDPUR  MARKET,  BENGAL-ORISSA 

American  Baptist 
Foreign  Mission  Society 

“Oriental  peoples  have  been  swept  into  one  of  God’s  great  creative  hours” 

IT  WOULD  be  difficult  to  find  or  to  phrase  a  more  graphic  description 
than  this  of  the  situation  which  has  confronted  the  missionaries  of  the 
American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society.  In  every  land  there  is  evi¬ 
dence  that  God  himself  has  been  going  before,  preparing  the  hearts  of  the 
native  people  to  understand  and  to  accept  the  gospel  message.  The  foremost 
aim  of  the  Society  is  made  clear  in  the  following  statement  issued  by  the 
Board:  “Every  foreign  missionary,  regardless  of  his  increasingly  manifold 
duties,  must  be  primarily  an  evangelist.  His  chief  aim  is  to  win  men  to 
personal  allegiance  to  Jesus  Christ.”  It  is  worthy  of  note  that  the  mission¬ 
aries  of  the  Society  reported  more  than  12,000  baptisms  during  1921. 

From  Burma,  the  oldest  and  largest  of  all  our  foreign  mission  fields,  comes 
the  report  that  during  the  last  year  4,783  were  baptized  into  membership 
in  the  churches  there.  Across  the  border  of  northern  Burma  a  new  mission 
station  has  been  opened,  where  an  evangelistic  ingathering  has  already 
resulted  in  the  baptism  of  3,350  converts  in  two  years. 

From  Assam,  where  according  to  the  Survey  (page  10)  there  are  races 
and  tribes  speaking  67  different  languages  and  dialects,  and  literacy  is 
almost  at  the  vanishing  point,  we  have  the  following  remarkable  report: 

“In  Christ  there  is  no  East  or  West” 


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At  Tura,  a  station  among  the  hill  tribes,  there  were  634  baptisms  during  the 
year  1920,  more  than  during  any  except  two  of  the  previous  twenty-five 
years;  in  1921,  there  were  932  baptisms.  In  the  native  state  of  Manipur, 
which  until  recently  was  entirely  closed  by  its  government  to  all  forms 
of  missionary  effort,  there  were  569  converts  during  the  past  year. 
After  a  tour  of  the  missionary  through  the  mountain  villages,  three  large 
and  important  villages  came  over  entirely  to  Christianity,  and  a  number  of 
others  had  groups  of  believers  forming  half  or  three-fourths  of  the  village 
community.  The  Society  has  opened  a  new  station  at  Kangpokpi,  in  this 
native  state  of  375  villages. 

In  South  India  a  missionary  who  was  just  about  to  leave  on  furlough 
held  a  baptismal  service  and  baptized  thirty-two  people,  representing  nine 
different  castes.  From  Waragunda,  a  small  village  near  Ongole,  comes  word 
of  an  organized  church  of  forty  members,  where  last  year  there  was  not  a 
single  Christian.  All  through  the  southern  section  of  this  vast  land  which 
315,000,000  people  call  home,  and  in  some  part  of  which  there  is  famine  all 
the  time,  there  is  appearing  evidence  of  the  presence  of  that  leaven  which 
will  leaven  the  whole. 

In  Bengal-Orissa  an  entirely  new  station  has  been  opened  at  Jamshed¬ 
pur,  one  of  the  most  interesting  cities  in  all  India.  In  1908  Jamshedpur 
was  a  barren  desert  with  a  few  mud  huts.  Today  it  has  a  population  of 
100,000  and  is  one  of  the  most  modern  and  up-to-date  cities  in  the  Indian 
Empire.  Its  phenomenal  growth  is  due  to  the  establishment  there  of  the 
Tata  Iron  and  Steel  Company,  a  native  organization  which  has  44,000  on 
its  payroll,  4,000  more  than  the  reported  payroll  of  the  Western  Electric 
Company  in  the  United  States.  This  company  is  turning  out  about  1,500 
tons  of  finished  product  daily.  Jamshedpur  is  called  the  “Pittsburgh  of 
India.”  Here  is  a  field  which  both  needs  and  responds  to  earnest  mission¬ 
ary  effort.  Appropriations  have  been  made  for  a  church  building  and  a 
pastor's  house,  in  addition  to  a  missionary  bungalow  already  put  up.  The 
land  was  given  to  the  Society  by  the  Tata  Company. 

In  Africa  the  past  few  years  have  witnessed  a  most  remarkable  evan¬ 
gelistic  ingathering.  More  people  have  applied  for  baptism  and  admission 
to  the  churches  than  could  possibly  be  taken  care  of.  The  church  leaders 
have  been  careful  in  testing  the  genuineness  of  conversion  on  the  part  of 
those  applicants  and  have  postponed  receiving  many  of  them  until  their 
acceptance  of  the  Christian  message  should  be  thoroughly  proved. 

In  Japan  the  churches  united  in  a  Baptist  Forward  Movement  in  1918, 
the  year  before  our  New  World  Movement  was  inaugurated.  The  words 
used  in  a  report  from  Japan  which  describes  the  progress  of  that  Movement 
might  well  be  used  to  describe  our  own: 

“As  compared  with  four  years  ago  there  is  certainly  a  new  spirit  moving  among 
our  Baptist  folk.  There  is  a  new  self-consciousness,  a  new  sense  of  responsibility, 
and  a  new  willingness  to  put  the  shoulder  to  the  wheel  and  push;  a  new  coming  for¬ 
ward  on  the  part  of  the  layman.  After  all,  probably  the  biggest  contribution  to  the  For¬ 
ward  Movement  has  been  that  of  raising  new  standards,  erecting  new  ideals,  giving 
new  visions,  pointing  out  new  goals,  and  creating  a  new  morale  among  our  Baptist 
people,  both  in  the  pulpit  and  in  the  pew.” 

As  one  result  of  the  Movement,  the  contributions  from  the  churches 
were  increased  from  Yen  13,502  (about  $6,760)  in  1917  to  Yen  27,902  (about 
$13,950)  in  1921.  The  number  of  self-supporting  churches  has  increased 

“ Great  things  thro ’  greatest  hazards  are  achieved — and  then  they  shine” 


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EVANSTON  HALL,  SHANGHAI  BAPTIST  COLLEGE 

WHERE  THE  MEN  OF  THE  EAST  FACE  THE  FACTS  OF  THE  WEST 

♦ 

from  four  to  eight,  while  a  number  of  others  are  about  to  become  self-sup¬ 
porting.  This  is  gratifying  when  we  recall  that  in  the  Survey  (page  33)  one 
item  listed  in  the  program  for  Japan  was:  “To  develop  the  independence 
of  the  Japanese  churches  under  their  own  leaders  just  as  soon  as  possible. 
This  is  the  only  way  our  cause  can  commend  itself  in  Japan.” 

And  so  on  every  field  might  be  cited  instances  of  the  way  in  which  God 
is  greatly  blessing  the  preaching  of  the  missionaries.  Nor  does  this  turn¬ 
ing  to  Christ  on  the  part  of  many  follow  only  the  distinctively  evangelistic 
type  of  missionary  service.  “All  our  institutional  work  is  permeated  with 
evangelistic  fervor,  and  our  schools,  hospitals  and  philanthropic  institu¬ 
tions  are  evangelistic  agencies  of  major  importance.” 

It  has  become  increasingly  clear  that  intensive  development  of  the 
work  in  sections  already  occupied  is  for  the  immediate  future  a  more  im¬ 
perative  duty  than  entrance  upon  new  fields.  Many  of  the  stations  of  the 
Society  are  inadequately  supplied  with  workers  and  equipment.  Effort 
has  therefore  been  directed  to  the  establishment,  at  strategic  points,  of 
strong  Christian  communities,  which  are  to  become  permanent  forces  of 
evangelization  and  which  are  gradually  to  assume  full  responsibility  for  the 
extension  of  the  Kingdom  in  their  own  lands.  Preaching  of  the  gospel  by 
foreign  missionaries  must  continue  but  must  in  each  region  give  place  as 
soon  as  practicable  to  evangelization  by  the  native  Christian  forces.  With 
this  objective  in  view  the  Society  has  emphasized  the  importance  of  train¬ 
ing  native  leaders  through  Christian  education,  in  order  that  such  leaders, 
when  properly  trained,  may  carry  forward  the  work  of  evangelization  and 
the  building  up  of  the  Christian  community. 

Buildings 

The  Society  is  able  to  report  the  erection  upon  its  ten  fields  of  nearly 
seventy  buildings  during  the  first  three  years  of  the  New  World  Movement. 

“  They  shall  he  my  people  and  I  will  he  their  God  ” 


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Many  of  these  buildings  have  been  paid  for  with  funds  which  could  not  prop¬ 
erly  be  credited  as  New  World  Movement  contributions.  Some  of  them 
have  been  made  possible  through  the  Laymen’s  Victory  Campaign  and 
others  through  the  interest  and  generosity  of  friends  who  desired  their 
gifts  to  be  in  addition  to  New  World  Movement  contributiohs.  But  the 
purpose  in  the  erection  of  each  of  them  has  been  the  same — the  desire 
to  do  honor  to  the  Lord  God  and  to  be  of  service  to  those  whom  he  has 
made  “of  one  blood.” 

Nine  of  the  buildings  thus  erected  are  churches,  and  there  is  great  cause 
for  thankfulness  that  in  these  new  church  homes  crowds  of  those  for  whom 
Christ  died  are  afforded  an  opportunity  to  “worship  the  Lord  in  the  beauty 
of  holiness.”  Twenty-seven  of  the  buildings  are  missionary  residences,  most 
of  them  replacing  temporary  shelters  or  relieving  crowded  conditions  where 
a  number  of  missionaries  found  it  necessary  to  occupy  the  same  house. 
There  are  sixteen  new  school  buildings  covering  the  wide  range  from  pri¬ 
mary  grade  to  college.  Six  are  dormitories  where  students  are  surrounded 
with  an  atmosphere  of  Christian  love  and  are  able  to  see  Christianity 
exemplified  in  the  daily  lives  of  those  in  charge.  Five  hospitals,  a  hospital 
ward,  a  dispensary  and  several  hostels  complete  the  list. 

If  there  were  space  to  write  in  detail  of  the  far-reaching  influence  for 
good  made  possible  by  each  of  these  buildings,  the  story  would  be  a  fasci¬ 
nating  and  a  heart-stirring  one.  Only  the  briefest  mention  can  be  made, 
however,  and  this  will  need  to  be  supplemented  by  the  reader’s  sympathetic 
missionary  knowledge. 

Burma.  According  to  the  Survey  (page  3):  “In  Burma  we  have  con¬ 
vincing  evidence  of  the  relation  of  education  to  evangelism.  The  schools 
of  this  mission  have  trained  hundreds  of  effective  evangelistic  workers  and 
multiplied  the  influence  of  the  missionaries  many  fold.” 

At  Rangoon  there  has  been  built  a  dormitory  for  the  Cushing  High 
School,  where  there  were  wretched  living  conditions  for  student  boarders. 
This  school  is  one  of  a  group  of  schools  in  connection  with  Judson  College, 
and  last  July  it  celebrated  the  fact  that  it  had  enrolled  10,000  students  since 
1876.  The  new  dormitory  provides  accommodations  “than  which  none  in 
Burma  are  better.” 

Three  school  buildings  have  been  or  are  being  erected  in  Burma;  one  of 
them,  the  Union  Hall  building  in  Rangoon,  will  be,  when  completed,  one  of 
the  finest  school  buildings  in  all  of  Burma,  the  buildings  and  equipment  cost¬ 
ing  250,000  rupees  (about  $83,000).  Four  new  missionary  residences  have 
also  gladdened  the  hearts  of  Burma  missionaries. 

Assam.  Here  the  Society  has  been  able  to  provide  five  new  missionary 
residences,  out  of  the  six  called  for  in  the  Survey,  also  one  of  the  five  new 
school  buildings  listed  there.  A  substantial  appropriation  has  been  used 
for  the  development  of  the  Jorhat  Christian  Schools,  where  boys  and  young 
men  from  fifteen  tribes  have  been  in  attendance.  Some  of  them  have 
walked  two  hundred  and  fifty  miles  to  attend  the  school.  These  schools 
give  industrial,  academic  and  Bible  training,  and  will  make  a  tremendous 
contribution  to  the  buildingof  the  manhood  of  this,  “the  most  backward  pro¬ 
vince  of  India,”  where  less  than  five  per  cent  of  the  people  can  read  and  write. 

South  India.  It  is  estimated  that  there  are  nearly  100,000,000  people 
in  India  without  adequate  medical  aid  In  spite  of  the  fact,  therefore, 

“ See  heathen  nations  bending  before  the  God  we  love” 


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CHURCH  FOR  NATIVE  INDIANS,  KHARAGPUR,  BENGAI^ORISSA 

A  BEACON  LIGHT  IN  A  DARK  COUNTRY 


that  only  one  man  in  ten  and  one  woman  in  one  hundred  can  read  or  write 
and  the  need  for  Christian  schools  is  imperative,  it  would  seem  that  the 
need  for  hospitals  is  a  paramount  if  not  a  greater  one.  The  Society  has 
put  up  one  additional  hospital  ward.  This  looks  like  only  a  drop  of  the 
bucket  of  need  but  at  least  it  is  a  drop.  In  the  city  of  Madras,  where  there 
are  more  than  four  thousand  students,  a  student  hostel  has  been  erected 
where  our  missionaries  will  be  able  to  come  in  contact  with  these  students 
and  exert  a  Christian  influence  at  this  formative  period  in  their  lives.  Four 
missionary  residences  have  also  been  made  possible  in  South  India. 

Bengal-Orissa.  In  this  field,  which  has  been  called  “one  of  the  most 
difficult  and  at  the  same  time  one  of  the  most  important  sectors  in  the 
great  foreign  mission  battle-line,”  two  new  churches  have  been  built  during 
the  New  World  Movement  period.  One  of  these  is  at  Kharagpur,  the  great 
railroad  center  of  India.  It  is  the  Ward  Memorial  Church  and  is  entirely 
self-supporting.  The  Indian  pastor  reports  having  baptized  Hindu  con¬ 
verts  every  month  during  the  past  year.  One  school  building  and  three 
missionary  residences  have  also  been  put  up  in  Bengal-Orissa.  One  of  the 
residences  is  at  Jamshedpur,  the  remarkable  city  mentioned  earlier  in  this 
article.  It  is  a  commodious  bungalow,  with  a  large  room  in  which  will  be 
held  Sunday  services  until  better  accommodations  are  provided. 

South  China.  The  damage  done  by  the  recent  earthquake  at  Swatow 
was  hardly  repaired  before  there  came  word,  in  August,  1922,  of  a  typhoon 
which  lasted  from  early  evening  until  the  next  morning.  About  midnight 

“ For  needs  abound  the  world  around” 


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a  tidal  wave  added  to  the  terrible  catastrophe.  Between  40,000  and  50,000 
lives  were  lost,  and  the  damage  to  our  mission  property  was  estimated  at 
about  $35,000.  None  of  our  missionaries  was  injured,  although  unfor¬ 
tunately  several  of  our  native  Christian  helpers  as  well  as  many  Chinese 
Christians  lost  their  lives.  Almost  all  of  our  buildings  in  Swatow  were 
-  damaged,  some  of  them  being  completely  wrecked.  There  was  of  course  no 
provision  in  the  Society’s  budget  for  this  emergency  expense  but  a  campaign 
to  raise  funds  for  it  was  authorized  by  the  Finance  Committee  of  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention. 

A  fine  new  boys’  dormitory  has  been  built  at  Swatow  during  the  period 
of  the  New  World  Movement.  This  is  a  handsome  stone  school  building. 
Two  other  school  buildings,  a  hospital,  and  a  church  building  have  been 
erected,  in  an  endeavor  to  meet  the  needs  upon  the  South  China  field. 

East  China.  In  the  city  of  Shanghai,  which  is  the  political,  commercial 
and  intellectual  center  of  China,  on  a  magnificent  site  overlooking  the  river, 
is  the  Shanghai  Baptist  College,  which  Northern  and  Southern  Baptists 
cooperate  in  maintaining.  Over  four  hundred  students  are  enrolled,  from 
all  parts  of  China.  America’s  leading  universities  accept  the  graduates  from 
this  fine  institution,  which  is  doing  much  to  provide  a  Christian  training 
for  the  future  leaders  of  China.  Upon  this  campus  have  been  placed  dur¬ 
ing  this  period  two  fine  dormitories  and  a  handsome  new  science  building. 

Other  buildings  erected  in  East  China  include  a  church,  one  school 
building,  one  hospital  and  two  missionary  residences. 

West  China.  In  the  great  West  China  region,  two  thousand  miles  up 
the  Yangtse  River,  there  have  been  built  one  church,  one  hospital,  two 
school  buildings  and  five  missionary  homes. 

Japan.  “In  Japan,”  says  the  Survey  (page  31),  “Christianity  has  an 
influence  upon  the  civilization  out  of  all  proportion  to  the  number  of  its 
adherents.  Christianity  is  transforming  the  institutions  of  the  new  Japan.” 
In  Yokohama,  where  the  governor  of  the  province  and  the  mayor  of  the  city 
have  assisted  the  Society  to  secure  the  finest  location  in  the  city,  has  been 
established  the  Mabie  Memorial  School,  a  great  Christian  school  for  boys. 
When  it  was  opened,  326  boys  applied;  only  143  could  be  accommodated. 
At  the  beginning  of  this  last  term  only  130  new  students,  about  one-half  of 
those  who  applied,  could  be  admitted.  The  enrolment  of  450  taxes  the 
present  capacity.  This  institution  is  essentially  a  New  World  Movement 
product.  Two  sections  of  the  building  have  been  erected  and  further  con¬ 
struction  awaits  available  funds. 

In  Tokyo,  where  at  Waseda  University  and  its  related  schools  there  is  a 
student  population  of  12,000  young  people — all  but  thirty  of  them  young 
men— the  Society  was  invited  by  the  University  itself  to  establish  a  social 
and  religious  work  among  the  students.  Here  have  been  erected  two  fine 
buildings.  Scott  Hall  is  a  beautiful  center  for  the  student  activities  and 
is  the  home  for  the  Waseda  Christian  Guild.  A  Bible  class  which  has  grown 
into  an  organized  student  church  is  housed  in  Scott  Hall.  Here,  without 
the  expense  of  general  educational  work,  we  have  the  opportunity  to  reach 
hundreds  of  students  through  Bible  classes,  social  meetings  and  athletics. 
Hovey  Memorial  Dormitory,  another  splendid  building  in  connection  with 
Waseda  University,  has  just  been  completed. 

Four  new  church  buildings  have  been  put  up  in  Japan.  One  of  them,  at 

“  Where  missionaries  re-present  Jesus” 


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SCOTT  HALL,  WASEDA  UNIVERSITY,  TOKYO,  JAPAN 

&.N  IDEA  NEVER  TAKES  POSSESSION  OF  A  NATION  UNTIL  IT  HAS  TAKEN  POSSESSION  OF  ITS  STUDENT  CLASS 


Shiogama,  was  dedicated  on  April  29, 1922.  It  is  “a  churchly  looking  build¬ 
ing  with  a  tower  on  the  front,”  located  in  the  center  of  the  town.  It  is  com¬ 
pletely  equipped  for  kindergarten  and  Sunday  school  work,  has  an  artistic 
auditorium  seating  two  hundred  and  a  white-tiled  baptistry  where  thirty- 
six  people  were  baptized  the  week  after  the  dedication  of  the  church.  An 
interesting  fact  is  that  of  the  entire  cost  of  this  church,  furnishings,  land, 
etc.,  Yen  33,207,  (about  $16,600),  the  native  membership  raised  Yen  4,728 
(about  $2,360) — probably  the  largest  sum  given  by  any  Japanese  Baptist 
church  for  a  similar  purpose. 

Another  interesting  church  erected  is  the  Hakes  Memorial  Church,  the 
first  church  building  in  the  Inland  Sea.  It  is  located  at  Shigei,  a  small  island 
town.  It  has  one  of  the  masts  of  the  old  “Fukuin  Maru”  for  a  central 
pillar,  and  bears  a  bronze  tablet  in  memory  of  Captain  Bickel,  the  culmina¬ 
tion  of  whose  life  work  it  marks.  Two  other  church  buildings  have  been 
made  possible  in  Japan. 

Philippine  Islands.  In  the  Philippine  Islands,  the  scene  of  “the 
greatest  experiment  in  the  preparation  of  a  people  for  self-government 
that  has  ever  been  tried,”  the  Society  has  been  compelled  to  limit  its  build¬ 
ing  operations  during  this  period  to  one  dispensary. 

Africa.  In  this  dark  continent,  where  the  appeal  lies  “in  the  utter 
desperateness  of  its  need  and  the  depths  from  which  it  must  rise  if  it  is  to 
attain  to  the  Christian  ideal  of  social  and  religious  life,”  there  have  been 
built  one  new  hostel  and  four  missionary  homes.  One  hospital  also  now 
stands  where  before  the  New  World  Movement  there  was  not  a  single  hos¬ 
pital  worthy  of  the  name. 

European  Appropriations 

For  the  extensive  program  of  relief  reconstruction  in  Europe  the  Society 
has  appropriated  during  the  last  two  years  approximately  $325,000.  In 

“The  works  that  I  do  in  my  Father’s  name,  they  bear  witness  of  me ” 


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addition  there  has  been  appropriated  for  regular  work  in  Europe,  during  the 
three  years  of  the  New  World  Movement,  over  $300,000.  This  does  not 
include  the  value  of  the  immense  shipment  of  relief  supplies  forwarded  on 
the  “Ship  of  Fellowship”  in  the  fall  of  1921  or  the  supplies  forwarded  on 
the  second  “Ship  of  Fellowship”  in  the  fall  of  1922. 

Because  of  the  immediate  and  generous  response  of  the  denomination 
to  the  appalling  need  in  European  countries,  these  ships  carried  thousands 
of  bales  of  wTarm  clothing  to  those  who  would  otherwise  have  suffered  and 
many  of  whom  would  have  lost  their  lives  because  of  the  intense  cold.  It  is 
not  possible  to  sound  the  depths  of  the  gratitude  felt  by  these  people  in 
return  for  this  striking  evidence  of  Christian  love.  It  undoubtedly  had 
much  to  do  with  their  ready  response  to  the  gospel  message  taken  to 
them  by  representatives  of  the  Society  during  the  summer  of  1922. 

Missionary  Recruits 

The  Survey  (page  53)  suggested  as  one  of  the  objectives  of  the  denom¬ 
ination  within  the  period  of  five  years  the  sending  to  the  foreign  field  of 
228  new  missionary  families,  in  addition  to  the  women  missionaries  sent  out 
by  the  Woman’s  Foreign  Society.  During  the  first  three  years  of  this  per¬ 
iod  125  of  this  number  have  been  sent  out.  They  have  gone  to  the  field  in 
the  spirit  and  with  the  motive  of  one  young  candidate  who,  when  asked 
by  the  Chairman  of  the  Board  what  message  he  would  take  to  the  people 
of  India,  replied  without  an  instant’s  hesitation,  “That  men  without  Jesus 
Christ  are  lost.” 

Automobiles 

According  to  the  Survey  (page '52),  “If  one  missionary  with  an  auto  is 
equal  to  three  missionaries  without  one,  it  is  sound  business  policy  to  fur¬ 
nish  the  auto.  Autos  are  cheaper  than  missionaries.”  Therefore,  since 
there  are  in  many  of  the  countries  thousands  of  miles  of  fine  roads,  and  with 
an  auto  a  missionary  can  make  in  a  few  hours  the  evangelistic  or  inspection 
trip  that  would  otherwise  take  him  several  days,  seventy-five  automobiles 
were  included  as  one  of  the  objectives  for  increase  of  equipment.  Of  this 
number,  twenty-nine  are  already  making  their  honks  heard  in  the  Orient. 

Response  From  the  Field 

There  are  many  evidences  of  the  encouraging  and  inspiring  effect  that 
the  New  World  Movement  has  had  upon  the  missionaries,  toiling  in  remote 
lands  as  representatives  of  churches  which  sometimes  seemed  to  be  unmind¬ 
ful  of  their  work,  if  not  of  their  very  existence.  In  South  India  the  following 
action  was  recorded: 

VOTED:  Whereas  the  Board  of  Promotion  of  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention 
has  undertaken  to  raise  for  all  our  denominational  purposes  one  hundred  million  dol¬ 
lars  during  the  next  five  years,  therefore 

Resolved:  That  we,  the  missionaries  of  the  South  India  Mission,  shall  undertake  to 
raise  and  contribute  five  thousand  rupees  or  one  thousand  each  year  to  this  fund,  be¬ 
ginning  -frith  1920. 

The  official  letter  from  the  Burma  Mission  to  the  Board  of  Managers 
stated: 

The  report  of  the  Survey  Committee,  the  estimate  of  the  probable  needs  of  Burma 
for  the  next  five  years,  the  Board  of  Promotion,  all  these  things  are  truly  such  good  news 

“ He’s  true  to  God,  who’s  true  to  man ” 


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from  a  far  country  as  is  like  cold  water  to  a  thirsty  soul.  We  are  filled  with  wonder  and 
admiration  at  the  largeness  of  the  task  which  the  denomination  at  home  is  setting 
itself.  We  hope  that  we  shall  not  fail  to  measure  up  to  the  calls  of  the  new  situation. 

In  Burma  the  missionaries  voluntarily  requested  that  there  be  withheld 
from  each  of  them  a  month’s  salary,  to  be  applied  upon  the  indebtedness  of 
the  Society. 

The  native  Christians,  too,  have  interpreted  the  New  World  Movement 
of  Northern  Baptists  as  a  challenge  to  their  own  devotion  to  the  great 
Lord  of  all.  One  very  practical  result  of  this  challenge  has  been  seen  in  their 
attempts  to  finance,  either  in  whole  or  in  part,  some  of  the  buildings  which 
were  so  greatly  needed.  The  Burmese  have  contributed  6,000  rupees  (about 
$2,000)  toward  the  erection  of  a  dormitory  for  their  seminary  at  Insein.  At 
Bassein  the  Sgaw  Karens  raised  432,000  rupees  (about  $144,000),  for 
a  high  school  building  and  a  girls’  dormitory  in  memory  of  Ko  Tha 
Byn,  the  first  outstanding  Karen  Christian.  The  high  school  building  is 
called  the  Ko  Tha  Byu  Memorial  Hall  and  is  the  finest  school  and 
chapel  building  in  the  province,  containing  twenty-two  large  classrooms, 
offices,  library  and  an  auditorium  seating  1,500.  In  the  clock  tower  is  a 
set  of  American  chimes.  The  heroic  self-denial  and  consecrated  steward¬ 
ship  evidenced  in  the  raising  of  this— for  those  people — enormous  sum, 
are  convincing  evidence  of  the  sincerity  and  genuineness  of  the  Chris¬ 
tianity  which  has  set  its  seal  upon  them.  A  number  of  contributions  have 
been  received  from  native  Christians  toward  the  reduction  of  the  Society’s 
deficit.  Characteristic  of  their  attitude  is  the  following  letter  from  the 
church  at  Sadiya,  Assam: 

We,  the  few  and  in  worldly  goods  poor  members  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of 
Sadiya,  Assam,  have  learned  with  deep  sorrow  of  the  heavy  debt  now  resting  upon  all 
of  us  who  are  loyal  members  of  the  great  Baptist  brotherhood  in  Christ.  We  beg  to 
assure  you  of  our  most  fervent  and  prayer-filled  hope  that  this  burden  may  soon  be 
removed  from  the  heart  of  our  Redeemer  and  from  the  hearts  of  all  who  are  pledged 
to  be  his  helpers  in  winning  a  lost  world  to  him. 

We  have  not  forgotten  that  it  was  Sadiya  where  Rev.  Nathan  Brown  and  Mr.  Cut¬ 
ter  arrived  from  Burma  in  March,  1836,  to  open  the  first  mission  station  of  our  So¬ 
ciety  in  the  province  of  Assam;  we  respectfully  beg  to  acknowledge  with  lasting  grati¬ 
tude  your  great  love  and  good  will  that  has  brought  unto  us  the  immortal  love  of  him 
who  is  now  our  portion  and  inheritance. 

As  a  small  token  of  our  deep  appreciation  of  what  our  noble  friends  in  America 
and  our  loving  missionaries  at  this  and  other  stations  have  done  for  the  bringing  of  the 
knowledge  of  the  Light  of  the  World  to  us  and  to  our  countrymen,  we  beg  to  enclose 
our  check  for  Rs.  150  (about  $50)  with  the  hope  that  it  may  in  a  slight  way  help  to  lighten 
the  burden  resting  upon  your  hearts  at  the  Rooms  in  New  York  City  and  other  places 
where  in  the  zeal  of  the  Spirit  and  power  of  prayer  together  with  good  works  and  gen¬ 
erous  offerings  you  are  striving  to  keep  the  mission  torches  burning  undimmed,  nay 
with  increased  brilliancy,  in  all  lands.  [Signed  by  the  pastor  and  two  deacons] . 

Summary 

It  is  clear,  from  this  bird’s-eye  view  of  achievements  upon  the  foreign 
field,  that  Northern  Baptists  have  cause  to  be  grateful  to  their  God  and  to 
“come  before  his  presence  with  thanksgiving”  for  the  tangible  results  of 
their  efforts  to  advance  his  Kingdom.  These  efforts  can  be  measured  in 
part  by  the  increase  in  the  receipts  of  the  Society.  During  the  three  years 
immediately  preceding  the  New  World  Movement  the  total  receipts  were 
$3,098,811.42.  During  the  first  three  years  of  the  Movement  the  total 
receipts  applying  on  the  Movement  were  $4,717,935.28.  Additional  receipts 
not  counting  on  the  Movement  amounted  to  $1,574,351.52. 

“Naught  hut  God  can  satisfy  the  soul” 


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NOWGONG  GIRLS’  SCHOOL,  ASSAM 

MINING  FOR  CHARACTER  BY  UNDERMINING  SUPERSTITION 

Woman' s  American  Baptist  Foreign 

Mission  Society 

THE  report  of  the  Woman’s  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 
makes  most  interesting  reading  for  those  who  are  concerned  about  the 
progress  of  the  Kingdom.  These  have  been  years  of  development 
overseas.  The  denomination  has  been  able  to  see  many  of  the  goals  set 
forth  in  the  Survey  already  attained,  although  many  other  projects  could 
not  be  undertaken,  and  there  has  been  no  advance  made  in  some  of  the 
plans  which  the  Society  has  deeply  cherished.  New  buildings  which  have 
long  been  imperatively  needed  have  been  erected;  plants  already  in  exis¬ 
tence  have  been  improved  and  enlarged. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  this  progress  is  due  in  large  measure  to 
three  things: 

1.  The  Jubilee  Fund,  which  the  Society  raised  in  celebration  of  its  fiftieth  birthday. 

2.  A  generous  legacy  of  Mrs.  Laura  Spelman  Rockefeller  received  by  the  Society  prior 
to  the  New  World  Movement. 

3.  A  specific  gift  for  definite  building  needs  received  from  the  Laura  Spelman  Rocke¬ 
feller  Memorial  Fund. 

Although  plans  for  securing  the  Jubilee  Fund  had  been  made  a  year 
before  the  New  World  Movement  began,  the  money  was  not  paid  until 
after  the  Movement  was  well  under  way,  and  the  Woman’s  Foreign 
Society  expressed  its  willingness  that  Jubilee  contributions  should  be 
counted  as  New  World  Movement  funds.  The  receipts  from  this  unique 
celebration  of  its  Fiftieth  Anniversary  have  enabled  the  Society  to  take 
many  of  its  advance  steps.  The  Jubilee  goal  was  $365,000,  a  thousand  dol¬ 
lars  for  each  day  of  the  Golden  Jubilee  Year.  The  sum  actually  received 
before  the  celebration  was  over  amounted  to  $494,750. 

“ They  shall  shine  in  their  beauty ,  bright  gems  for  his  crown ” 


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The  Woman’s  Foreign  Mission  Society  is  now  in  the  unique  position  of 
being  rich  and  yet  poor.  It  has  received  many  specific  gifts  designated  for 
some  particular  project,  some  new  residence  or  dormitory  or  school  build¬ 
ing,  but  at  the  same  time  its  receipts  for  the  maintenance  of  its  regular 
work  have  not  kept  pace  with  the  advance  demanded  by  these  specific 
gifts.  The  result  is  that  the  Society  is  at  the  present  time  finding  difficulty 
in  holding  some  of  its  advances;  in  fact  it  is  retrenching  at  some  points, 
and  keeping  some  missionaries  at  home;  and  it  is  burdened  with  a  most 
embarrassing  deficit.  What  the  Woman’s  Foreign  Mission  Society  greatly 
needs  now  is  friends  who  are  interested  in  providing  for  the  maintenance 
and  support  of  the  work  to  which  the  Society  is  already  committed. 

Achievements 

Many  would  test  the  progress,  perhaps,  by  the  number  of  new  mission¬ 
aries  sent  to  the  field.  In  the  Survey  the  Society  stated  its  desire  to  send 
out  within  five  years  176  new  single  women  missionaries.  Of  this  number 
83  have  already  been  appointed  and  sent  to  the  field.  This  of  course  does 
not  represent  a  net  gain,  for  there  have  been  some  losses,  but  the  number  of 
missionaries  has  increased  from  212  to  283. 

It  will  be  interesting  to  follow  through  field  by  field  and  see  just  what 
the  developments  have  been. 

Burma.  Burma  is  our  oldest  field.  The  first  Baptist  mission  was 
founded  there  in  1814.  Sandoway  is  one  of  our  isolated  stations.  The 
missionary  residence  was  poorly  located  and  in  bad  condition.  The  land 
was  under  water  in  the  rainy  season,  the  thatched  roof  was  rotten  and  the 
spiders  often  dropped  through  to  the  floors,  which  were  covered  with  mud 
from  the  rains.  Not  a  very  interesting  place  for  a  missionary  to  live 
thousands  of  miles  away  from  her  home  land.  Prayer  has  been  continually 
offered  for  five  years  for  a  new  site  and  a  new  bungalow.  At  last  the  answer 
has  come  in  the  gift  of  $5,000  made  in  memory  of  a  father.  The  missionaries 
are  rejoicing  therefore  in  a  new  home  on  a  new  site. 

At  Bassein  a  residence  for  the  two  teachers  has  been  completed  though 
it  is  not  yet  entirely  paid  for.  The  Karens  have  loaned  the  Society  $3,500 
in  order  that  it  may  be  finished.  The  missionaries  are  teachers  in  the  inter¬ 
esting  Sgaw  Karen  School,  which  is  supported  entirely,  save  for  the  two 
missionaries,  by  the  Karens  themselves.  These  native  Christians  have 
recently  given  $100,000  for  the  new  high  school  building,  and  they  have  also 
erected  a  girls’  dormitory.  It  pays  to  help  those  who  help  themselves. 

Another  greatly  needed  residence  has  been  finished  at  Toungoo,  Burma. 

The  equipment  of  the  girls’  schools  has  been  very  greatly  increased. 
At  Henzada  land  has  been  purchased  as  a  new  site  for  the  Burmese  Girls’ 
School  and  a  new  dormitory  has  been  erected  for  the  Karen  Girls’  School. 
At  the  old  station  at  Moulmein  new  buildings  are  in  process  of  erection  for 
the  Mizpah  Hall  School,  though  funds  are  still  needed  for  their  completion. 
.  A  missionary  on  the  field  made  a  gift  to  the  Jubilee  Fund  which  has 
provided  a  new  dormitory  for  girls  at  Taunggyi,  a  beautiful  hill  station 
among  the  interesting  Shan  tribe,  where  very  little  has  been  done  for 
women  and  girls. 

The  plant  for  our  splendid  school  at  Mandalay  has  now  been  completed 
by  the  erection  of  the  high  school  building.  This  school  has  over  300  girls 

“ The  non-Christian  world  stands  or  falls  with  its  women ” 


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GIRLS’  SCHOOL,  BALASORE,  BENGAL-ORISSA 

CHRISTIAN  WOMANHOOD  IS  THE  STRENGTH  OF  A  NATION’S  HOME 


in  attendance.  The  famous  Kemendine  School  at  Rangoon,  one  of  the  three 
largest  schools  for  girls  in  Burma,  with  an  enrolment  of  over  400,  is  rejoic¬ 
ing  in  the  completion  of  Bennett  Hall. 

A  memorial  gift  has  been  made  which  will  provide  the  new  girls’  dormi¬ 
tory  at  Judson  College  in  Rangoon.  The  interest  of  the  girls  in  higher  edu¬ 
cation  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  in  1919  there  were  20  girls  in  attendance, 
while  this  year  there  are  48  enrolled. 

The  girls’  school  at  Pegu,  which  has  80  pupils,  has  secured  a  new  build¬ 
ing.  Equipment  has  been  furnished  for  the  Ellen  Mitchell  Memorial  Hos¬ 
pital  at  Moulmein. 

Assam.  In  Assam  new  mission  residences  have  been  provided  at  Impur, 
a  hill  station  among  the  Naga  tribe,  and  at  Nowgong.  The  need  at  Now- 
gong  was  particularly  pressing,  for  the  old  house  had  been  condemned  and 
the  lives  of  the  missionaries  were  in  jeopardy. 

The  money  has  been  provided  and  is  now  in  hand  for  the  Gale  Memorial 
Woman’s  Bible  School  at  Jorhat,  the  only  school  of  its  kind  in  Assam.  The 
building  will  soon  be  constructed. 

The  initial  payment  has  been  made  for  the  Woman’s  Jubilee  Hospital 
in  Gauhati,  but  the  Society  has  no  funds  with  which  to  run  the  institution, 
so  further  construction  has  been  postponed,  although  there  is  in  the  entire 
province  no  hospital  for  women.  The  Reeder  Memorial  building  for  the 
orphanage  at  Gauhati  has  been  erected  and  a  cottage  for  girls  has  been 
built  at  Manipur. 

Bengal-Orissa.  In  Bengal-Orissa  funds  have  been  provided  for  the 
completion  of  the  girls’  school  building  at  Balasore  and  for  the  establish¬ 
ment  of  a  new  school  for  girls  at  some  other  point.  The  second  location  has 
not  yet  been  determined  and  since  this  will  be  new  work  it  must  await  the 
improvement  of  the  Society’s  finances  before  the  work  can  be  inaugurated. 

South  India.  We  are  glad  to  record  progress  in  our  old  fields  in  South 
India.  The  names  of  the  stations  are  familiar  to  many  of  us  who  have  never 
seen  those  sunny  climes.  A  building  for  the  girls’  school  at  Ongole  has  been 

“Where  life  is  as  tedious  as  a  twice-told  tale ” 


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provided.  The  woman’s  hospital  at  Mahbubnagar  is  now  being  erected. 
A  Christian  center  for  the  Telugu  women  has  been  established  at  Madras. 

The  missionary  and  students  of  the  Woman’s  Bible  Training  School  in 
Nellore  have  never  had  a  building  of  their  own.  For  more  than  a  year 
they  have  prayed  earnestly  for  one.  The  answer  came  in  the  gift  of  the  Gur¬ 
ley  Memorial  Building,  in  memory  of  a  devoted  mother,  and  a  cable  carried 
the  news  to  the  field. 

The  prayers  of  two  missionaries,  one  at  home  on  furlough  and  the  other 
at  work  in  India,  praying  together  at  regular,  stated  times,  have  been 
answered.  Buildings  have  long  been  needed  for  the  Elementary  and  Nor¬ 
mal  School  at  Nellore,  the  only  normal  training  school  in  all  South  India. 
A  cable  has  announced  to  the  missionaries  a  gift  of  $15,000  to  provide  for 
the  Emilie  S.  Coles  Memorial  Building. 

The  prayers  of  other  missionaries  in  India  have  also  been  answered. 
They  have  been  waiting  for  years  for  improvement  of  the  property  of  the 
Girls’  School  at  Donakonda.  At  last  the  answer  has  come  and  the  Anderson 
Memorial  Building  is  now  being  completed. 

East  China.  Encouraging  progress  has  been  made  in  our  great  fields 
in  China.  Ningpo  is  one  of  our  oldest  stations,  having  been  one  of  the  first 
treaty  ports  to  be  opened  to  foreigners.  Here  a  fine  new  building  has  been 
provided  for  the  Woman’s  Bible  School.  At  Ningpo  we  have  entered  into 
cooperative  arrangements  with  the  other  boards  working  in  that  city,  and 
are  establishing  a  union  girls’  school.  It  will  be  known  as  Riverside 
Academy,  for  the  new  buildings  are  located  on  a  beautiful  site  on  the  river 
bank,  just  outside  our  compound.  It  will  be  a  delight  to  the  eye  as  well  as  a 
joy  to  the  heart.  We  are  also  cooperating  in  the  Union  Girls’  High  School 
in  Hangchow,  one  of  the  finest  girls’  schools  in  all  China.  The  Society  has 
recently  furnished  our  share  in  the  new  dormitory  which  will  provide  for  the 
rapidly  growing  attendance.  The  Society  has  also  given  the  Baptist  share 
of  the  new  building  to  house  the  Bible  Teachers’  Training  School  at  Nan¬ 
king.  The  building  is  completed  and  in  use.  The  Woman’s  Society  has 
provided  $25,000  for  the  Nurses’  Home,  in  connection  with  the  Margaret 
Williamson  Hospital  and  Training  School  for  Nurses  in  Shanghai.  This 
building  is  also  being  erected. 

South  China.  In  South  China  the  familiar  name  is  Swatow.  On  the 
beautiful  island  compound  at  Kakchieh,  one  of  the  most  beautiful  com¬ 
pounds  in  the  Far  East,  the  Society  has  built  a  substantial  house  for  the 
women  missionaries.  It  looks  out  across  the  wonderful  harbor  of  Swatow 
upon  which  Dr.  Ashmore  gazed  for  so  many  years.  Here  also  a  new  build¬ 
ing  for  the  girls’  high  school  is  now  under  construction,  and  also  a  dormitory 
which  has  been  provided  by  the  girls  of  the  World  Wide  Guild  as  their 
Jubilee  building.  It  was  this  beautiful  compound  which  suffered  so  fear¬ 
fully  in  the  disastrous  typhoon  of  the  summer  of  1922.  It  will  cost  thou¬ 
sands  of  dollars  to  repair  the  damage  wrought  in  that  terrible  night  which 
brought  death  to  nearly  50,000  people. 

A  residence  for  the  missionaries  has  been  erected  at  Kaying  and  the 
funds  have  been  provided  for  a  new  girls’  school  building  at  Kityang.  The 
school  is  now  housed  in  an  old  worn-out  building  and  needs  new  equipment 
greatly. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  and  successful  experiments  in  China  is  the 
“ They  shall  never  fail  who  die  in  a  great  cause ” 


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ENTRANCE  TO  NELLORE  HOSPITAL  FOR  WOMEN  AND  CHILDREN,  SOUTH  INDIA 

“i  WAS  SICK  AND  YE  VISITED  ME” 

I 

Mothercraft  School  at  Huchow,  where  young  married  women  are  being  given 
an  education  and  taught  how  to  manage  comfortable,  sanitary  homes  and 
to  bring  up  their  children.  The  experiment  has  worked  so  well  that  it  is 
to  be  repeated  in  South  China.  A  group  of  Hakka  women  determined  to 
know  more  about  Jesus  Christ.  They  demanded  a  training  in  Christian 
homemaking,  living  meanwhile  in  small  rented  rooms,  sacrificing  to  make 
ends  meet  and  praying  all  the  time  for  a  suitable  building.  Their  prayer  was 
answered;  $5,000  was  given  to  found  the  first  school  of  mothercraft  in 
South  China. 

West  China.  We  are  not  able  to  report  so  much  material  improvement 
in  West  China,  but  land  has  been  purchased  for  the  William  Howard  Doane 
Hospital  for  women  and  children  at  Suifu,  and  the  first  unit,  the  dispensary, 
is  now  being  built.  A  Chinese  residence  has  been  purchased  at  Chengtu 
and  is  being  remodeled.  This  will  furnish  a  home  for  five  missionaries 
and  also  a  center  for  their  work  among  women.  It  is  interesting  to  note 
that  it  is  located  on  the  street  of  Three  Spirits.  These  women  will  be  the 
good  spirits  who  wall  undermine  the  superstitious  fear  of  their  Chinese 
sisters  in  the  spirits  of  evil. 

Japan.  Land  has  been  purchased  for  the  new  buildings  of  the  girls’ 
school  at  Himeji,  which  is  now  housed  in  old,  crowded  quarters,  but  the 
money  has  not  yet  been  provided  for  the  new  structures.  A  residence  for 
the  missionary  and  a  building  for  the  kindergarten  have  been  provided  at 
Tono.  In  the  capital  city  of  Tokyo  the  Cox  Memorial  Kindergarten  has 
been  built  as  a  part  of  the  new  plant  of  one  of  our  growing  churches.  The 
chapel  of  the  Mary  L.  Colby  school  at  Yokohama  has  been  enlarged  to  pro¬ 
vide  a  place  of  worship  for  this  popular  and  growing  institution  located  at 
the  prosperous  port  city. 

“  The  day  begins  to  break  and  night  is  fled" 

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Osaka  is  the  Pittsburgh  of  Japan,  the  center  of  the  great  steel  business, 
with  all  the  problems  of  a  rapidly  growing  industrial  city,  intensified  by  the 
living  conditions  of  the  Orient.  Here  an  attractive  Christian  community 
center  has  been  built,  but  the  funds  of  the  Society  for  operating  expenses 
are  so  low  that  no  provision  can  be  made  for  the  maintenance  of  the  work 
so  well  provided  for  and  so  desperately  needed. 

The  land  has  been  purchased  for  the  enlargement  of  the  school  for  girls 
at  Sendai.  There  are  only  two  girls’  schools  of  this  grade  in  northern  Japan. 
Until  very  recently  this  growing  and  popular  school  for  girls  was  so  over¬ 
crowded  as  seriously  to  imperil  its  usefulness.  A  new  dormitory  which  the 
missionary  who  is  acting  as  principal  called  “our  greatest  evangelistic  op¬ 
portunity”  seemed  a  necessity.  Through  the  faith  and  prayer  and  initia¬ 
tive  of  one  of  our  friends  who  visited  the  school  and  saw  the  needs,  the  neces¬ 
sary  funds  have  been  raised.  The  good  news  was  cabled  and  the  new  Mary 
E.  Safford  Dormitory,  named  in  honor  of  the  faithful  former  secretary  of 
the  Society,  will  soon  be  ready  for  occupancy. 

Philippine  Islands.  Iloilo  is  a  school  center  with  government  high 
schools.  In  an  effort  to  help  provide  protection  and  Christian  home 
influence  for  the*girls  who  come  up  from  the  villages  to  attend  these  high 
schools,  a  home  and  dormitory  has  been  built  near  the  public  school.  Here 
also  the  Society  has  undertaken  a  new  work  in  the  establishment  of  the 
Bible  and  Kindergarten  Training  School.  A  site  was  secured  near  the  gov¬ 
ernment  school  and  equipment  will  be  provided.  The  public  school  system 
of  the  Islands  is  so  admirable  that  all  we  need  is  to  supplement  it  with  the 
Christian  influence  and  provide  the  training  for  Christian  workers. 

Europe.  A  wonderful  new  work  has  been  begun  in  Prague  as  a  direct  re¬ 
sult  of  the  Jubilee.  Madame  Kolator,  whom  many  will  remember  as  one 
of  the  foreign  Jubilee  guests  of  the  Society,  raised  the  funds  from  Czecho¬ 
slovak  Baptist  churches  in  the  United  States  to  house  an  orphanage  in  that 
city.  Madame  Kolator’s  salary  and  the  equipment  and  upkeep  of  the 
orphanage  were  provided  by  a  special  gift,  and  the  first  year  of  this  lively 
experiment  in  international  friendship  and  evangelism  has  already  been 
completed.  The  orphanage  is  named  “  The  Peabody-Montgomery  Home.” 
Another  gift  has  made  it  possible  to  secure  a  school  and  Christian  center  for 
girls  and  women  in  Esthonia,  “Old  Russia”  of  romantic  memory. 

This  is  a  fairly  complete  list  of  the  buildings  and  equipment  secured  by 
the  Woman’s  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society  during  the  past 
three  years.  If  only  the  amount  sufficient  to  operate  these  plants  and  to 
provide  missionaries  enough  to  run  them  can  be  given,  what  will  it  not  mean 
to  vast  multitudes  in  the  non-Christian  world! 

The  total  receipts  of  the  Society  for  the  three  years  preceding  the  New 
World  Movement  were  $1,259,013.03;  for  the  first  three  years  of  the  Move¬ 
ment  they  were  $2,483,113.43.  By  far  the  major  portion  of  this  increase 
was  in  the  permanent  equipment  budget;  the  budget  of  operating  expense 
received  an  increase  of  only  29.8  per  cent. 


“ii?elft£rt)nc6£i  attb  bcbotion  to  Christian  £er= 
bice  toill  tteber  be  founb  in  tfje  game  life” 


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CHAPEL  AUTO  CAR 

ROLLING  A  CHURCH  TO  THE  CHURCHLESS 


The  American  Baptist  Publication  Society 

THE  work  of  The  American  Baptist  Publication  Society  is  conducted 
under  two  great  divisions,  the  Business  Department  and  the  Mission¬ 
ary  Department.  The  Society  is  the  agent  of  the  denomination  for  the 
publication  of  general  religious  literature.  Few  of  our  people  appreciate 
how  extensive  are  the  business  operations  of  the  Society.  This  is  reflected 
in  the  fact  that  the  total  receipts  of  the  Business  Department  in  1921-1922 
were  $2,109,272.07. 

There  are  fifteen  editors  and  assistants  on  the  editorial  staff  and  over  one 
hundred  employees  in  the  printing  house.  There  are  issued  annually  more 
than  50  million  copies  of  Sunday  school  publications,  with  1,600,000,000 
pages.  The  shipping  clerks  send  out  about  400,000  copies  of  periodicals  a 
week,  in  their  busy  seasons.  This  means  about  five  tons  a  day  or  150  tons 
of  paper  a  month.  There  is  something  doing  down  in  Philadelphia. 

The  Business  Department  is  entirely  self-supporting  and  it  is  the  policy 
of  the  Society  to  turn  over  the  profits — often  of  considerable  magnitude — 
year  by  year  to  the  Missionary  Department  for  the  extension  of  the  dis¬ 
tinctly  religious  work.  Following  the  war,  when  the  cost  of  printing 
mounted  so  high,  the  Business  Department  incurred  a  heavy  deficit  which 
necessitated  a  mortgage  of  $200,000  on  the  property  of  the  Society,  in  addi¬ 
tion  to  a  previous  deficit  of  $100,000.  This  is  now  being  reduced  and 
should  be  canceled  in  three  years,  when  the  profits  again  will  be  available 
for  the  general  work. 

In  the  Survey  of  1919  the  work  of  the  American  Baptist  Publication 
Society  is  presented  under  the  subject  of  “Religious  Education,”  (pages 
111-114).  The  activities  of  this  Society  are  decidedly  varied  and  reach  out 
in  many  directions  but  they  all  relate  in  one  way  or  another  to  the  work  of 

“The  entrance  of  thy  word  giveth  light ” 


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religious  education,  the  education  of  our  people  in  those  things  that  bear 
upon  the  development  of  the  religious  life. 

Bible  Instruction.  At  the  center  of  these  activities  is  the  Sunday- 
school.  That  institution  may  not  be  perfect  but  it  is  the  most  effective  or¬ 
ganization  yet  devised  for  the  religious  training  of  our  children.  The  Society 
is  now  conducting  a  vigorous  campaign  for  “Bigger  and  Better  Baptist 
Sunday  Schools,”  in  an  effort  to  help  every  church  of  whatever  type  to 
study  its  own  local  situation,  to  select  the  best  objectives  and  to  determine 
on  a  program  for  most  effective  work.  The  interest  in  the  effort  is  reflected 
in  the  fact  that  at  the  close  of  December,  1922,  there  were  2,000  schools 
enrolled  in  the  campaign. 

Most  directly  related  to  the  problem  of  better  schools  i^  the  problem 
of  better  trained  teachers.  The  Society  reports  that  notable  gains  have  been 
made  in  this  direction.  Large  numbers  have  been  enrolled  in  the  teacher 
training  classes. 

While  the  Sunday  school  must  always  remain  our  chief  agent,  interest 
is  rapidly  developing  in  the  church  weekday  schools.  These  are  no  longer  a 
dream.  Their  practicability  has  been  demonstrated.  In  January,  1920, 
less  than  25  cities  had  established  the  church  weekday  schools.  On  Decem¬ 
ber  1, 1922,  over  400  cities  and  towns  had  such  schools  actually  in  operation 
or  in  process  of  preparation. 

Vacation  Activities.  The  vacation  schools  are  also  developing  rapidly. 
In  1922  there  were  over  700  such  schools  with  an  enrolment  of  70,000. 

The  Society  is  taking  advantage  of  the  summer  vacation  period  also  in 
developing  institutes  and  summer  assemblies.  Five  day  institutes  have 
been  held  in  such  centers  as  Philadelphia,  Wilmington,  Detroit,  Cleveland, 
Cincinnati  and  Akron.  In  Detroit  institutes  have  been  conducted  for  the 
Negro  Baptists.  The  Society  cooperated  during  1922  in  26  summer  assem¬ 
blies  at  which  over  7,000  Baptist  young  people  were  in  attendance.  The 
programs  of  these  assemblies  are  being  standardized  and  correlated  on  a 
three-year  cycle. 

The  boys  are  not  forgotten  during  the  vacation  and  last  summer 
Adirondack  Camp,  operated  jointly  by  the  Home  Mission  Society  and  the 
Publication  Society,  gathered  100  boys  for  a  six  weeks  period.  These  boys 
are  trained  for  future  leadership  in  similar  camps. 

Correspondence  Courses.  The  Society  is  seeking  to  extend  its  help¬ 
fulness  to  many  who  desire  to  pursue  further  study  in  preparation  for  their 
life  work.  For  this  purpose  it  has  inaugurated  correspondence  courses 
covering  four  years  of  work  in  such  subjects  as  Biblical  History,  Baptist 
History,  Life  and  Teachings  of  Christ,  Making  of  Sermons,  Winning  and 
Training  Converts,  Missions  and  other  themes.  Many  ministers,  mission¬ 
aries,  colporters,  Bible  workers  and  others  have  reported  their  appreciation 
of  the  courses. 

The  new  Christian  Culture  Course  also  covers  a  wide  range  of  subjects. 

Directors  of  Religious  Education.  In  order  to  further  and  develop 
this  work  of  religious  education,  the  Publication  Society  now  has  working 
agreements  with  twenty-four  state  conventions  and  five  city  mission  soci¬ 
eties  whereby  they  cooperate  in  the  employment  of  directors  of  religious 
education.  Besides  these  salaried  directors  the  Society  is  utilizing  a  large 
force  of  voluntary  women  workers  of  the  denomination.  These  workers  are 

“The  childhood  shows  the  man  as  morning  shows  the  day ” 


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VACATION  BIBLE  SCHOOL,  SECOND  AVENUE  CHURCH,  NEW  YORK 

TEACHING  SELF-GOVERNMENT  BY  PRACTISE 


rendering  a  notable  contribution  to  denominational  life,  in  helping  others 
to  develop  and  raise  the  standards  of  their  religious  education. 

Publication  of  the  Scriptures.  The  Society  is  making  steady  prog¬ 
ress  in  the  publication  of  the  Scriptures  in  many  languages.  The  Bible  is 
now  printed  by  the  Society  in  whole  or  in  part  in  15  different  languages,  as 
follows:  The  whole  Bible  in  German,  Polish,  Russian,  Swedish  and  Dan¬ 
ish;  the  New  Testament  in  Hungarian  and  Polish;  the  Gospels  in  Bohem¬ 
ian,  Spanish,  Italian,  Slovak  and  Naga.  Work  is  now  in  progress  on  the 
New  Testament  and  Psalms  in  Esthonian.  The  new  Russian  Bible  marks 
an  epoch  in  Bible  publication.  It  will  play  an  important  part  in  the  spir¬ 
itual  regeneration  of  Russia.  The  Society  has  given  $10,000  worth  of 
Scriptures  and  tracts  for  work  in  Poland.  This  is  in  accordance  with  the 
general  policy  of  the  Society,  which  annually  appropriates  large  sums  of 
money  for  the  distribution  of  the  Scriptures. 

Cooperative  Work.  Reference  has  been  made  in  the  Home  Mission 
section  to  the  cooperative  work  of  the  Publication  Society  and  the  Home 
Mission  Society  in  the  employment  of  colporters  and  the  maintenance  of 
chapel  cars  and  autos.  We  simply  repeat  here  that  43  colporters  are  at 
work  in  30  different  states;  six  chapel  cars  and  29  automobiles  are  in  ser¬ 
vice.  The  idea  of  the  chapel  car  originated  with  this  Society,  which  has 
had  them  in  operation  for  more  than  25  years.  The  latest  addition  of 
equipment  is  a  chapel  auto  car,  a  picture  of  which  appears  on  page  53.  This 
auto  furnishes  the  home  and  the  pulpit  for  a  missionary  and  his  wife,  and 
also  has  a  tent  for  an  audience  room. 

With  its  permanent  funds  in  the  General  Administration  and  Field  Work 
Department,  the  Society  now  has  gross  assets  of  $2,150,395.20  with  a  net 
debt  of  $30,209.69.  In  its  Business  Department  the  Society  has  gross  assets 
of  $1,925,939.35  against  which  must  be  charged  the  $300,000  present  debt 
as  indicated  above. 

“A  glory  gilds  the  sacred  page,  majestic  like  the  sun” 


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BERKELEY  BAPTIST  DIVINITY  SCHOOL,  BERKELEY,  CALIF 

“teaching  them  to  observe  all  things” 


CHEMICAL  LABORATORY,  BUCKNELL  UNIVERSITY 

"IT  IS  TOO  DANGEROUS  FOR  A  MAN  TO  KNOW  SCIENCE  WITHOUT  JESUS  CHRIST.” — A  CHRISTIAN  CHINES* 


General  Education 


The  Board  of  Education  and  the  Schools  and  Colleges 
HE  Surveyof  19 19  presented  a  definite  program  of  Christian  education. 


It  outlined  a  plan  for  developing  the  interest  of  our  Baptist  people  in 


the  education  of  their  children,  for  caring  for  the  moral  and  religious 
welfare  of  our  students,  and  for  placing  all  our  institutions  on  a  solid  founda¬ 
tion  whereby  they  might  give  an  adequate  education  to  our  young  people. 
The  first  three  years  of  the  New  World  Movement  have  witnessed  a  decided 
development  in  our  Baptist  educational  interests  and  considerable  progress 
in  reaching  our  goals. 

The  most  important  fact  is  that  for  the  first  time  in  our  history  we  have 
nationalized  our  educational  work.  Hitherto  each  state  has  had  its  own 
school  or  educational  interest,  which  it  has  endeavored  to  develop.  In  the 
older  states  this  policy  has  been  fairly  successful  but  in  the  newer  states, 
where  the  number  of  Baptists  is  small,  the  development  of  the  institutions 
has  been  slow  and  a  heavy  burden.  The  New  World  Movement  changed 
this  situation.  At  Denver,  as  a  denomination,  we  assumed  responsibility 
for  the  development  of  our  schools  and  have  been  endeavoring  to  secure  for 
them  adequate  support.  What  this  has  meant  to  our  newer  institutions 
only  those  who  have  borne  the  heavy  burdens  can  know. 

What  are  the  results  of  this  educational  policy?  How  far  have  we  real¬ 
ized  the  program  in  the  Survey? 

Our  Baptist  Students 

It  is  too  early  to  estimate  accurately,  if  indeed  we  ever  can,  the  influence 
of  the  New  World  Movement  in  increasing  the  number  of  students  in  our 
Baptist  schools.  This  period  has  synchronized  directly  with  the  great  up¬ 
ward  movement  in  educational  interest,  wThich  has  been  so  marked  since 
the  days  of  the  war,  and  our  institutions  have  shared  largely  in  the  results. 
The  reported  attendance  in  our  Baptist  schools  in  1919,  the  year  the  New 
World  Movement  began,  was  24,462.  The  reported  attendance  in  1922  was 
34,804.  The  comparative  attendance  at  a  few  institutions  for  the  two  years 
will  indicate  the  progress:  Shurtleff  from  108  to  192;  Bethel  from  177  to 
236;  Franklin  from  252  to  386;  Ottawa  from  237  to  284;  Redlands  from  231 
to  381;  Carleton  from  450  to  842;  Colgate  from  599  to  678;  Bates  from  447 
to  555;  Stephens  from  270  to  423;  Grand  Island  from  65  to  154;  Coburn 
from  113  to  175;  William  Jewell  from  238  to  307;  Bucknell  from  765  to 
859;  University  of  Chicago  from  8,635  to  12,439. 

The  denomination  has  certainly  developed  a  new  interest  in  education. 
Our  Baptist  people  have  been  aroused  to  a  new  realization  of  the  importance 
of  the  education  of  their  children.  This  assures  us  that  a  larger  proportion 
of  our  young  people  are  going  to  have  the  opportunity  of  becoming  leaders 
in  the  civil  and  religious  life  of  the  world.  The  place  of  the  trained  man  and 
woman  in  American  life  has  now  been  established.  Whether  it  is  in  tilling 


“’Tis  education  forms  the  common  mind ” 


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the  soil  or  building  a  house  or  teaching  a  school  or  constructing  a  railroad 
or  preaching  the  gospel,  it  is  training  that  counts.  It  is  almost  indispens¬ 
able. 

It  is  worthy  of  note  that  in  1913  we  had  a  reported  attendance  of  one 
Baptist  student  in  college  for  every  176  Baptist  church  members.  In  1922 
we  had  a  reported  attendance  of  one  Baptist  student  in  college  for  every 
95  Baptist  church  members. 

The  University  Pastors 

In  1919  the  Board  of  Education  in  cooperation  with  state  conventions 
and  a  few  local  churches  was  maintaining  pastors  at  17  of  our  large  univer¬ 
sities.  During  these  three  years  the  number  has  been  more  than  doubled 
and  these  pastors  are  now  caring  for  our  Baptist  students  in  more  than  35 
large  colleges  and  universities,  most  of  them  state  institutions.  The  rapid 
development  of  our  interest  in  the  care  of  our  own  boys  and  girls  in  these 
institutions  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  in  1913  we  had  two  such  univer¬ 
sity  pastors,  while  in  1922  there  are  33  different  men  on  the  payroll  of  the 
Board  of  Education. 

These  university  pastors  are  the  “Big  Brothers”  of  our  boys  and  girls. 
Did  you  ever  go  away  to  school  and  have  you  forgotten  those  first  lonesome 
and  homesick  weeks,  or  those  days  when  a  new  world  of  ideas  was  opening 
before  your  mind  with  all  the  confusion  and  questions  that  attend  a  new 
experience  like  this?  If  you  remember  those  days  you  will  be  glad  that 
when  your  boy  and  girl  go  away  to  one  of  these  big  universities  there  will 
be  a  Big  Brother  there  to  be  their  friend,  counsellor,  helper.  These  men  are 
located  in  the  institutions  which,  by  the  laws  of  the  state,  are  forbidden  to 
provide  for  the  religious  interests  of  their  students.  They  are  ministering 
to  thousands  of  our  young  people  during  these  most  critical  years  of  their 
lives,  are  conserving  to  the  future  leadership  of  our  denomination  hundreds 
of  our  best  boys  and  girls,  are  helping  many  of  them  to  decide  upon  their 
life  work  and  are  inducing  not  a  few  to  dedicate  their  lives  to  the  service  of 
the  Kingdom.  It  is  a  great  service  which  the  Board  of  Education  is  render¬ 
ing  through  these  university  pastors  to  our  lads  and  lassies. 

New  Residences  for  University  Pastors 

The  workshop  of  the  university  pastor  is  his  home.  The  latchstring  is 
always  out.  The  student  is  always  welcome.  In  the  intimate  fellowship 
of  the  home  the  pastor  brings  cheer,  advice  and  strength  to  the  student 
and  dispels  the  sense  of  homesickness  which  is  the  bane  of  many  a  student’s 
life.  When  a  student  has  spent  an  hour  at  the  dinner  table  in  the  home  of  a 
university  pastor  he  is  usually  won  for  the  rest  of  his  course.  Whenever  he 
recalls  his  college  days  he  will  think  of  that  blessed  place. 

With  the  New  World  Movement  funds  several  new  residences  for  univer¬ 
sity  pastors  have  been  provided. 

1.  The  Board  of  Education  has  purchased  a  residence  at  Ithaca,  N.  Y., 
for  the  pastor  at  Cornell  University. 

2.  With  the  assistance  of  the  Board  of  Education,  the  State  Convention 
of  Iowa  has  erected  a  beautiful  new  house  at  Iowa  City  for  the  pastor  at  the 
University  of  Iowa. 

“ Measure  your  mind’s  height  by  the  shade  it  casts” 


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UNIVERSITY  PASTOR’S  HOME,  IOWA  CITY,  IOWA 

A  HOME  FOR  THOSE  WHO  ARE  FAR  FROM  HOME 


3.  The  Wisconsin  State  Convention  has  purchased  a  home  for  the  pastor 
at  the  University  of  Wisconsin. 

4.  The  Nebraska  State  Convention  has  purchased  a  fine  property  at 
Lincoln,  including  two  houses,  one  of  which  is  occupied  by  the  University 
pastor  and  which  will  be  replaced  later  by  a  residence  and  student  center. 

5.  The  Wayland  Foundation  has  been  established  at  Columbus,  Ohio, 
and  with  New  World  Movement  funds  valuable  properties  have  been  ac¬ 
quired  at  the  gates  of  the  University.  When  the  project  is  completed  it 
will  include  residences  for  Baptist  boys  and  girls,  a  student  center,  a  resi¬ 
dence  for  the  pastor  and  a  fine  church  building. 

A  Baptist  Church  for  Students 

With  the  assistance  of  the  Minnesota  State  Convention  and  The  Ameri¬ 
can  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society,  the  University  Baptist  Church  of 
Minneapolis  has  erected  a  beautiful  new  church  building  at  the  gates  of  the 
University  of  Minnesota.  This  splendid  stone  building  includes  audience 
room,  Bible  class  and  social  rooms,  office  and  gymnasium,  all  fully  equipped 
to  minister  to  the  moral  and  spiritual  as  well  as  the  physical  and  social 
needs  of  the  students  of  the  University. 

The  College  Visitors 

The  New  World  Movement  has  enabled  the  Board  of  Education  not 
merely  “to  secure  one  man  of  peculiar  gifts  to  devote  his  entire  time  to 
reaching  our  students  for  the  Christian  life,”  but  to  maintain  three  people 
in  the  field,  two  men  and  one  woman.  These  visitors  are  experienced  in 
dealing  with  the  problems  of  student  life.  They  spend  their  time  in  the 
field,  visiting  the  schools  and  colleges,  making  addresses  and  holding  con¬ 
ferences  with  faculties  and  students,  seeking  to  incite  teachers  to  a  keener 
personal  interest  in  the  lives  of  their  students  and  helping  students  to  solve 
the  many  personal  problems  which  are  constantly  giving  them  concern. 

“The  business  of  evangelism  has  forced  us  into  the  task  of  education ” 


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These  visitors  are  greatly  sought  after  and  according  to  an  unending  stream 
of  testimonies  from  students  and  from  teachers  are  rendering  a  wonderful 
service  to  our  boys  and  girls.  Just  note  a  few  of  these  messages: 

“  He  has  exactly  the  type  of  approach  and  the  kind  of  message  that  we  needed  here 
on  this  campus.  He  took  with  the  students  instantly,  and  has,  I  believe  for  the  first 
time  in  the  history  of  the  institution,  carried  the  message  of  the  gospel  into  the  dormi¬ 
tories  and  as  many  of  the  fraternities  as  he  had  time  to  reach.  I  do  not  know  that  hith¬ 
erto  the  men  of  the  dormitories  have  ever  been  known  to  invite  a  man  who  was  on  the 
campus  with  the  single  purpose  of  talking  religion  to  come  in  and  speak  with  that  mes¬ 
sage  to  them.  1  do  not  know  that  atany  previous  time  any  of  the  fraternities  have  done 
that  here,  but  that  was  the  case  with  your  college  visitor.” — A  State  University. 

“In  my  opinion  he  has  done  more  good  for  the  religious  strengthening  and  awaken¬ 
ing  of  the  students  than  any  other  man  we  have  ever  had.  He  approaches  the  subject 
from  the  standpoint  that  will  get  the  scientific  man  and  hold  him  for  the  fundamentals 
of  religion.  He  drove  home  the  fundamentals  and  preached  truth  and  righteousness 
and  Christian  manhood.” — A  Christian  College. 

“Your  university  visitor’s  work  is  to  my  way  of  thinking  of  quite  incalculable 
value.  In  wonderfully  effective  fashion  he  correlates  the  gospel  with  the  studies  of  the 
college  course  and  makes  us  aware  of  God  in  the  laboratory  as  in  the  chapel.  He  has 
strengthened  the  faith  of  us  all  and  given  us  a  new  sense  of  the  paramount  importance 
of  religion  in  college  life.” — A  Christian  College. 

Strengthening  Our  Baptist  Schools 

The  New  World  Movement  has  actually  saved  to  the  Baptist  denom¬ 
ination  at  least  four  of  our  Baptist  schools.  The  cost  of  education  has  in¬ 
creased  so  rapidly  since  the  war  that  several  of  our  schools  have  been  put  in 
jeopardy.  The  trustees  of  four  of  our  schools  have  openly  stated  that  had 
it  not  been  for  the  help  received  from  the  New  World  Movement,  they  would 
have  been  compelled  to  close  their  doors,  unless  help  had  come  from  some 
other  source  of  which  they  have  no  knowledge.  If  adequately  sustained 
these  four  colleges  are  destined  to  play  a  most  important  part  in  the  devel¬ 
opment  of  our  Baptist  cause  in  the  Western  states.  To  have  saved  these 
schools  is  alone  worth  much  of  the  effort  we  have  put  forth  in  the  New 
World  Movement.  In  the  words  of  Daniel  Webster,  they  may  be  small  col¬ 
leges  but  there  are  those  who  love  them.  There  are  other  schools  also  which 
have  been  relieved  from  most  embarrassing  situations. 

An  endowment  is  to  a  college  what  the  water  behind  the  dam  is  to  the 
mill.  It  furnishes  the  power.  When  the  water  is  low  the  mill  slows  down. 
During  the  last  two  years  in  which  the  schools  and  colleges  participated 
in  the  receipts  of  the  New  World  Movement  there  have  been  added  to  their 
funds  the  sum  of  $4,060,578.44.  A  large  part  of  this  has  been  collected 
by  and  paid  through  the  General  Board  of  Promotion.  Some  of  this  money 
has  been  absorbed  in  the  current  expenses  of  some  of  the  weaker  schools. 
Quite  a  portion  has  been  used  in  improving  the  equipment,  but  the  larger 
portion  has  been  used  to  increase  the  greatly  needed  endowment  funds  of 
the  schools. 

When  the  budget  of  the  New  World  Movement  was  adopted,  it  included 
$30,000,000  for  the  endowment  and  equipment  of  the  schools.  This 
was  to  be  30  per  cent  of  all  the  moneys  received.  When  the  pledges  were 
taken,  however,  and  it  was  discovered  that  less  than  one-half  of  the  Hun¬ 
dred  Million  Dollars  had  been  pledged  and  that  a  division  of  the  receipts 
on  this  basis,  according  to  the  original  percentage,  would  involve  our  mis¬ 
sionary  societies  and  state  conventions  in  serious  financial  embarrassment, 


“To  make  a  church  influential  we  must  make  it  intelligent” 


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UNIVERSITY  BAPTIST  CHURCH,  MINNEAPOLIS 

THE  CHURCH  HOME  OF  UNIVERSITY  STUDENTS 

the  representatives  of  the  schools  and  colleges  generously  agreed  to  accept, 
for  the  time  being,  a  reduction  of  receipts.  For  this  reason  the  schools  and 
colleges  have  received  at  the  close  of  the  last  fiscal  year  only  11  per  cent  of 
their  allotment.  But  even  the  small  percentage  received  has  greatly 
strengthened  our  institutions.  We  must  now  go  on  to  secure  them  their  full 
share  of  receipts. 

New  Equipment  Provided 

It  is  impossible  in  this  short  sketch  to  report  all  the  improvements  which 
have  been  made  in  our  school  plants.  Some  of  the  new  buildings  are  pic¬ 
tured  in  the  pages  of  this  book.  We  enumerate  here  a  few  of  the  improve¬ 
ments  made  to  meet  the  advancing  needs  of  our  schools: 

1.  Grand  Island  College,  Grand  Island,  Nebraska,  has  been  entirely 
renovated  and  has  been  reopened  for  work. 

2.  Keuka  College  and  Cook  Academy  in  New  York  have  rebuilt  their 
plants  and  reopened  their  work  after  having  been  closed  for  several  years. 

3.  Vermont  Academy  in  Vermont  has  also  been  renovated  and  reopened 
after  a  suspension  of  several  years. 

4.  Bucknell  University  in  Pennsylvania  has  erected  a  new  engineering 
building  and  enlarged  its  chemistry  building. 

5.  Carleton  College  in  Minnesota  has  erected  a  splendid  new  chemistry 
building. 

6.  Linfield  College  in  Oregon  has  built  a  new  gymnasium  and  refitted 
a  science  laboratory. 

7.  Sioux  Falls  College  in  South  Dakota  has  just  begun  the  erection  of  a 
gymnasium. 

8.  Colorado  Woman’s  College  is  paying  for  a  new  dormitory  and 
chapel  erected  just  before  the  New  World  Movement  began. 

9.  The  University  of  Redlands  in  California  has  erected  a  science  build¬ 
ing,  a  new  dormitory  and  an  art  building. 

10.  Berkeley  Theological  Seminary  in  California  has  completed  a  new 
building,  including  chapel,  dormitory  and  classrooms. 

11.  Broaddus  Junior  College  in  West  Virginia  has  built  a  physical  edu- 

“As  the  twig  is  bent  the  tree's  inclined" 


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cation  building  which  also  provides  for  the  library  and  several  classrooms. 

12.  Alderson  Academy  in  West  Virginia  has  finished  a  most  complete 
school  building  which  houses  nearly  all  its  activities. 

13.  Des  Moines  University  in  Iowa  is  paying  for  the  large  plant  which 
it  purchased  three  years  ago  from  the  Presbyterians. 

14.  The  Frances  Shimer  School  for  Girls,  in  Illinois,  is  erecting  a  new 
dormitory  to  house  its  rapidly  growing  classes. 

15.  Perhaps  the  finest  building  erected  is  the  new  chapel  at  Denison 
University  in  Ohio,  the  gift  of  one  generous  Baptist  layman. 

16.  Stevens  College  in  Missouri  has  built  a  new  science  building  and 
two  new  dormitories  and  has  purchased  the  plant  of  the  Baptist  church  to 
provide  equipment  for  its  Bible  class  and  other  religious  work. 

More  and  Better  Paid  Professors 

The  teaching  profession  is  one  of  the  poorest  paid  of  all  the  professions  in 
America.  Earnest  devoted  men  and  women  dedicate  their  lives  to  the  train¬ 
ing  of  our  children  and  receive  a  compensation  which  would  be  spurned  in 
almost  any  other  profession  and  which  gives  them  a  meager  living  and  no 
provision  for  old  age.  How  to  remedy  this  situation  is  one  of  our  great 
problems.  The  receipts  of  the  New  World  Movement  have  enabled  several 
schools  to  make  a  real  beginning  at  this  needed  reform.  Some  of  our  col¬ 
leges  have  had  material  assistance  for  this  purpose  from  the  General  Edu¬ 
cation  Board.  Not  a  few  schools  have  been  enabled  to  increase  their  staffs 
as  these  instances  will  illustrate: 

1.  Linfield  College  in  Oregon  has  just  added  three  new  teachers  to  its 
staff. 

2.  Northern  Baptist  Seminary  has  doubled  the  number  of  teachers. 

3.  Des  Moines  University  has  very  greatly  increased  the  number  of  its 
teachers. 

4.  Nearly  all  the  schools  have  increased  the  salaries  of  teachers.  For 
example,  Frances  Shimer  has  increased  its  salaries  by  10  per  cent;  Colby 
Academy,  20  per  cent;  Broaddus,  20  per  cent;  Colgate,  18  per  cent;  Wayland 
Academy,  15  per  cent;  Peddie  Institute,  20  per  cent;  Linfield  College,  25 
per  cent;  Bethel  Institute,  31  per  cent;  Shurtleff  College,  33  per  cent; 
Coburn  Classical  Institute,  40  per  cent;  Ottawa  University,  40  per  cent; 
Bucknell  University,  50  per  cent;  Bates  College,  50  per  cent;  Hillsdale 
College,  50  per  cent;  Franklin  College,  100  per  cent.  And  so  we  might  go 
through  the  entire  list. 

New  Departments  of  Religious  Education 

With  a  desire  to  minister  more  fully  to  the  religious  life  of  their  students, 
several  colleges  have  erected  new  or  strengthened  already  existing  depart¬ 
ments  of  religious  education. 

1.  Colby  College  in  Maine  has  secured  a  college  pastor  to  give  all  his 
time  to  the  care  of  the  moral  and  religious  interests  of  the  students. 

2.  Denison  University  in  Ohio  has  established  a  new  department  of 
religious  education. 

3.  William  Jewell  in  Missouri  has  added  a  full  time  teacher. 

4.  Cook  Academy  in  New  York  has  provided  regular  biblical  instruction. 

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FRANCES  SHIMER  SCHOOL,  MT.  CARROLL,  ILL. 

A  HOME  AS  WELL  AS  A  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS 

5.  Grand  Island  College  in  Nebraska  has  a  professor  in  religious 
instruction. 

6.  Linfield  College  in  Oregon  has  a  full  time  professor  in  religious  in¬ 
struction. 

7.  Carleton  College  in  Minnesota  has  increased  its  opportunities  for 
instruction  in  religion. 

8.  Newton  Theological  Institution  in  Massachusetts  has  added  a  new 
department  for  instruction  in  what  is  technically  known  as  religious 
education. 

9.  Des  Moines  University  in  Iowa  has  a  full  time  professor  in  this  de¬ 
partment  who  offers  nine  courses.  A  student  is  required  to  take  two 
courses  before  he  may  graduate. 

10.  University  of  Redlands  has  given  the  Bible  and  missions  a  more  im¬ 
portant  place  in  its  curriculum. 

11.  Ottawa  University  has  a  man  giving  full  time  to  this  department. 

12.  Bethel  Institute  has  opened  a  new  Bible  and  missionary  training 
course. 

13.  Sioux  Falls  College  is  organizing  a  new  department  of  religious 
education. 

14.  Stephens  College  has  established  a  remarkable  department  of  relig¬ 
ious  education  which  puts  it  in  the  forefront  of  institutions  giving  religious 
instruction.  It  is  the  most  popular  department  in  the  college. 

This  does  not  exhaust  the  list  by  any  means.  These  selections  are  given 
to  illustrate  the  increasing  interest  which  our  schools  are  taking  in  the  relig¬ 
ious  education  of  their  students.  It  is  most  encouraging  and  inspiring. 

The  New  World  Movement  has  therefore  thus  far  marked  a  most  grati¬ 
fying  progress  in  carrying  out  our  program  for  Christian  education.  We 
have  gone  a  long  way  in  three  years.  But  every  new  year  brings  a  new 

“A  nation  that  rides  in  automobiles  should  not  permit  its  children  to  walk  in 
ignorance” 


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SWASEY  CHAPEL,  DENISON  UNIVERSITY 

A  CHRISTIAN  CENTER  FOR  A  CHRISTIAN  COLLEGE 


vision  of  greater  things  which  must  be  undertaken  by  reason  of  the  rapidly 
advancing  standards  of  education  and  the  increasing  number  of  our  young 
people  who  are  begging  for  an  opportunity  to  secure  a  better  training  for 
life.  The  large  universities  are  turning  them  away  by  the  thousands  and 
unless  we  can  respond  to  this  new  demand  many  of  our  most  deserving 
children  may  have  no  opportunity  to  prepare  themselves  for  life.  Our 
schools  need  their  full  $30,000,000. 

The  receipts  of  the  Boaid  of  Education  for  the  three  years  prior  to 
1918-1919  were  $296,889.86.  For  the  last  three  years  they  have  been 
$457,274.68. 


“ Education  opens  windows  for  the  mind 

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Missionary  Education 

A  T  THE  session  in  Denver  in  1919  when  the  Northern  Baptist  Conven- 
r\  tion  adopted  the  Survey  and  inaugurated  the  New  World  Move- 
^  ■*“  ment,  it  enlarged  the  field  of  the  Board  of  Education  and  instructed 
it  to  organize  and  maintain  a  Department  of  Missionary  Education.  It 
recognized  that  the  maintenance  of  a  high  level  of  missionary  interest  was 
dependent  upon  the  education  of  our  people  in  our  great  missionary  work. 
Missionary  education  was  not  a  new  venture  for  the  denomination,  for  ac¬ 
tivities  of  this  character  had  been  carried  on  for  a  series  of  years;  but  the  new 
instructions  looked  to  a  comprehensive  plan  of  missionary  education  for  the 
entire  local  church.  The  objective  in  mind  was  a  correlated  program  suited 
to  all  types  of  churches  and  to  all  the  various  groups  within  the  churches. 

In  accordance  with  these  instructions  an  extensive  program  of  mission¬ 
ary  education  has  been  inaugurated.  The  first  task  was  the  preparation  of 
material.  The  first  literature  to  be  issued  was  the  handbooks  for  use  in  the 
study  of  the  Survey.  This  was  followed  by  graded  missionary  stories, 
charts  and  exercises  which  have  been  used  in  over  2,000  Sunday  schools. 
Material  of  this  nature  had  previously  been  prepared  and  issued  by  the 
national  missionary  organizations.  The  publication  was  now  taken  over 
by  the  Department  of  Missionary  Education  and  a  continuity  of  presenta¬ 
tion  was  thus  secured.  Missionary  programs  and  materials  have  been  pre¬ 
pared  for  young  people’s  societies  and  for  Sunday  school  periodicals. 
Reading  courses  for  various  ages  have  been  issued. 

The  mission  study  class,  where  missions  are  studied  consecutively  and 
systematically,  is  the  center  of  the  whole  program.  The  Department  is 
cooperating  with  the  two  woman’s  missionary  societies  in  the  campaign. 
Last  year  (1921-1922)  5,567  mission  study  classes  were  reported,  a  gain  of 
25  per  cent  over  the  preceding  year.  In  addition,  3,253  other  groups  used 
the  mission  study  books  in  reading  circles  and  program  meetings. 

An  effort  is  now  being  made  to  organize  whole  churches  in  systematic 
mission  study,  in  what  are  called  church  schools  of  missions.  The  interest 
is  remarkable,  last  year  332  such  schools  being  reported,  an  increase  of  69 
per  cent  for  the  year.  In  order  to  stimulate  the  reading  of  missionary  books, 
reading  contests  are  conducted  each  year  among  adult  groups,  in  connection 
with  the  woman’s  missionary  societies,  among  young  people  and  among  the 
children.  There  was  an  increase  of  53  per  cent  in  such  contests  last  year. 

The  World  Wide  Guild  and  the  Children’s  World  Crusade  were  organ¬ 
ized  by  the  Woman’s  Societies  several  years  ago  for  the  purpose  of  educating 
young  women  and  children  in  Christian  missions.  As  organizations  for  mis¬ 
sionary  education  these  are  now  under  the  oversight  of  the  Department  of 
Missionary  Education  in  cooperation  with  the  Woman’s  Societies.  Their 
growth  and  development  during  these  three  years  have  been  most  gratify¬ 
ing.  There  are  now  4,000  chapters  of  the  World  Wide  Guild  with  50,000 
members,  1,310  new  chapters  having  been  organized  during  these  three 

Through  which  it  looks  at  life  and  God” 
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MEN’S  STUDY  CLASS,  FIRST  BAPTIST  CHURCH,  INDIANAPOLIS 

THE  CHURCH  SCHOOL  OF  MISSIONS  REACHES  ALL  GROUPS 


years.  The  Guild  conducted  698  mission  study  classes  last  year  and  con¬ 
tributed  $37,000  to  the  Woman’s  Continuation  Campaign. 

During  this  period  1,336  new  companies  and  bands  of  the  Children’s 
World  Crusade  have  been  organized.  Nearly  all  the  companies  study  the 
junior  books.  Forty  traveling  libraries  are  kept  in  constant  circulation.  In 
1921-1922  the  Crusaders  gave  $11,000  to  the  Continuation  Campaign. 

The  Department  has  during  the  three  years  edited  and  secured  the  pub¬ 
lication  of  seven  missionary  books.  It  cooperates  in  the  direction  of  sum¬ 
mer  conferences  and  assemblies.  It  is  also  maintaining  a  costume  service 
through  which  it  rents  costumes,  flags,  etc.,  to  churches  for  dramatic 
presentation  of  missions. 

Gratifying  progress  has  thus  been  made  toward  the  goal  of  a  thoroughly 
correlated  and  extensive  program  of  missionary  education,  widely  used  by 
Northern  Baptists. 


“3  hull  place  no  balue  on  anptljing  3  Imbe  or  map  possess, 
except  in  relation  to  tl )e  llingbom  of  Christ.  3f  anptbing 
3  babe  toill  abbance  ttje  interests  of  tfjat  lUngbom,  it  shall 
be  giben  aboap  or  kept  onlp  as  bp  gibing  or  keeping  it  3 
map  promote  tfje  glorp  of  ^trn  to  bobom  3  oboe  all  mp 
bopeS  in  time  anb  in  eternitp.” — David  Livingstone. 


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The  Ministers  and  Missionaries 


Board 


THE  last  three  years  have  been  years  of  wonderful  progress  in  the  devel¬ 
opment  of  the  work  of  The  Ministers  and  Missionaries  Benefit  Board. 
This  has  been  made  possible  not  primarily  by  receipts  from  the  New 
World  Movement,  for  these  have  been  relatively  small,  but  by  the  generous 
gifts  of  a  few  individuals,  notably  the  gift  of  $5,500,000  from  Mr.  John  D. 
Rockefeller.  The  progress  can  be  reflected  no  more  clearly  than  by  saying 
that  when  the  Board  reported  at  Denver  three  years  ago  it  had  permanent 
assets  of  approximately  $2,000,000,  while  today  these  assets  amount  to  more 
than  $9,000,000.  With  the  Ministers  and  Missionaries  Benefit  Board  “it  is 
money  that  counts,”  for  its  business  consists  in  making  grants  to  disabled 
and  aged  ministers  and  their  widows. 

It  is  not  in  terms  of  money  only,  however,  that  the  development  of  this 
work  can  be  stated.  It  can  be  told  also  in  terms  of  life.  When  the 
Survey  was  made  the  Board  was  making  grants-in-aid  to  450  beneficiaries. 
It  is  now  making  grants-in-aid  to  1,385  beneficiaries.  When  the  last  annual 
report  was  made  there  were  1,255  beneficiaries,  of  whom  501  were  men, 
479  women  and  275  children. 

Stated  in  terms  of  dollars  and  cents  the  Board  has  been  able,  owing  to 
the  large  gifts  of  a  few  friends,  to  go  even  beyond  the  program  mapped  out 
in  the  Survey,  to  wit:  “To  increase  the  permanent  fund  of  the  Board  to 
$5,000,000  within  the  next  five  years,  and  to  $10,000,000  within  the  next 
ten  years.”  Only  three  years  have  passed  and  the  fund  is  already  $9,000,000. 

The  progress  of  the  work  of  the  Board  is  visibly  reflected  in  this  dia¬ 
gram  which  represents  the  annual  payments  to  beneficiaries.  In  the  year 
1913-1914  the  payments  were  $2,525.79. 


1913- 14 

1914- 15 

1915- 16 

1916- 17 

1917- 18 

1918- 19 

1919- 20 

1920- 21 

1921- 22 


Despite  the  splendid  growth,  however,  we  are  some  distance  from  the 
goal  we  ought  to  reach.  When  the  Survey  was  made  (1919)  the  Board  esti¬ 
mated  (page  102)  that  there  were  “at  least  750  Baptist  ministers  in  dire 


" They  also  serve  who  only  stand  and  wait” 


67 


v  ant.”  It  is  now  the  conviction  of  the  Board  that  1,385  beneficiaries, 
including  ministers  and  missionaries,  their  widows  and  orphan  children, 
do  not  represent  more  than  half  the  cases  of  need.  The  number  and 
amounts  of  grants  should  both  be  doubled.  We  cannot  stop  until  we  are 
able  to  do  justice  to  all. 

As  we  progress  in  the  development  of  this  work  we  realize  how  much 
greater  the  need  is  than  we  thought.  It  is  reflected  in  the  fact  that  while 
the  Episcopalians  started  out  to  secure  $5,000,000,  they  did  not  stop  until 
they  had  raised  $14,000,000.  The  Methodists  have  $16,000,000  and  are 
now  seeking  $10,000,000  more.  The  Presbyterians  are  endeavoring  to 
make  their  fund  $25,000,000.  The  Baptists  will  certainly  need  more  than 
$10,000,000. 

In  1919  the  Board  had  only  one  method  of  assisting  its  beneficiaries. 
They  simply  made  grants-in-aid  to  those  persons  who  were  in  great 
need.  This  was  of  necessity  the  first  thing  that  must  be  done.  But  since 
then  the  Board  has  been  able  to  establish  its  cooperative  Retiring  Pension 
Plan,  whereby  it  is  now  possible  for  any  minister  to  make  some  provision 
for  his  later  years.  This  is  already  proving  a  great  boon  to  hundreds  of 
ministers,  who  have  quickly  responded  to  the  opportunity  which  the 
Board  has  offered.  Over  1,100  ministers  have  already  applied  to  be  placed 
on  the  pension  roll. 

Realizing  that  it  is  impossible  for  the  older  men  to  avail  themselves 
of  the  advantage  of  the  pension  system  the  Board  has  made  provision  for  a 
special  retiring  pension  for  men  who  are  too  old  to  avail  themselves  of  the 
regular  pension  and  who  retire  for  good  reason.  The  Board  has  set  aside 
$100,000  to  meet  this  temporary  need.  The  Board  is  also  making 
special  grants-in-aid  to  men  whose  pensions  are  not  sufficient  to  meet  their 
needs. 

Increase  in  Membership  in  Retiring  Pension  Plan 

Dec.  31,  1920  — 

Dec.  31,  1921  — 

Dec.  31,  1922  — — —  . . .  ■  — — 

It  is  nothing  less  than  remarkable  that  the  Board  has  been  able  to  make 
such  progress  within  three  years.  It  has  surpassed  our  greatest  hopes.  We 
had  not  dared  to  entertain  such  a  hope  three  years  ago.  How  the  heart  of 
Dr.  Morehouse  must  rejoice  as  from  the  heights  of  glory  he  sees  the  develop¬ 
ment  of  this  great  project  to  which  he  gave  so  lavishly  of  his  heart  and  life. 

No  work  of  the  denomination  has  made  a  stronger  appeal  to  our  people, 
especially  our  well-to-do  laymen,  than  this  effort  of  the  Ministers  and  Mis¬ 
sionaries  Benefit  Board  to  make  provision  for  our  retiring  pastors  and  mis¬ 
sionaries.  It  is  one  of  the  most  gratifying  evidences  of  the  place  which  the 
minister  holds  in  the  life  of  the  church.  We  must  complete  this  fund  and 
that  right  soon.  • 

The  receipts  of  the  Board  for  the  three  years  previous  to  the  Survey 
were  $291,073.16  and  for  the  three  years  following,  exclusive  of  Mr.  Rocke¬ 
feller’s  gift  of  $5,500,000,  they  were  $1,750,067.06. 

“ The  Son  of  Man  came  not  to  be  ministered  unto  but  to  minister  ” 


68 


Our  Baptist  Journals 

IN  THE  Survey  there  was  a  rather  revolutionary  recommendation: 
“That  we  establish  a  denominational  weekly  paper,  which  shall  be  of 
high  grade  and  under  the  ownership  and  control  of  the  Northern  Bap¬ 
tist  Convention.”  The  adoption  of  this  recommendation  committed  the 
denomination  to  a  new  publicity  policy.  The  purpose  that  lay  back  of  it 
was  primarily  _  y  ,eure  a  much  wider  circulation  of  Baptist  news  among  our 
Baptist  people,  in  an  effort  to  carry  out  this  policy  four  weekly  papers  then 
in  existence  were  purchased  and  merged  in  the  new  journal,  The  Baptist. 

This  has  proved  to  be  an  interesting  experiment.  The  path  has  not 
always  been  strewn  with  roses.  There  have  been  many  difficulties  to  be 
overcome  but  real  progress  has  been  made.  The  main  purpose  has  been  ac¬ 
complished.  Baptist  news  is  going  into  many  more  homes  than  formerly. 
The  Baptist  has  a  circulation  much  larger  than  that  of  the  four  former  papers 
combined.  This  paper  is  the  official  organ  of  the  Northern  Baptists.  Its 
purpose  is  not  partisan  nor  controversial.  It  seeks  to  give  Baptist  news 
and  the  news  of  the  wider  Kingdom,  and  to  interpret  the  currents  of  modern 
life  in  the  light  of  Baptist  principles. 

Missions  moves  on  its  way  with  ever  increasing  success.  It  was  born 
away  back  near  the  beginning  of  organized  Baptist  life  in  America.  Today 
it  is  going  into  more  than  60,000  Baptist  homes,  most  of  them  in  America, 
but  some  of  them  far  beyond  the  seas,  in  fact  in  almost  every  land  under  the 
skies.  Baptists  are  not  a  little  proud  that  Missions  stands  foremost  among 
the  missionary  periodicals  of  the  world.  Each  month  it  carries  to  its  thou¬ 
sands  of  readers  the  story  of  the  on-going  of  the  Kingdom  of  God,  the 
news  from  the  far-flung  battle  line,  the  account  of  the  triumph  of  our  Lord. 

In  addition  to  these  two  periodicals,  owned  and  controlled  by  the  de¬ 
nomination,  there  are  two  papers  privately  owned,  The  Watchman-Examiner, 
and  The  Baptist  Record  of  Iowa,  and  two  papers  owned  by  the  state 
conventions,  The  Baptist  Observer  of  Indiana,  and  The  Baptist  Banner  of 
West  Virginia.  In  addition  to  these  weekly  papers  several  of  the  state  con¬ 
ventions  issue  monthly  bulletins  outlining  the  progress  in  their  own  states. 

By  these  various  avenues  an  increasing  number  of  Baptists  are  becom¬ 
ing  conversant  with  the  progress  of  the  Kingdom  of  their  Lord  and  as  their 
vision  widens  their  interest  deepens. 


“ Give  to  a  gracious  message  a  host  of  tongues” 

69 


IFhy  Our  Debts 

IN  THIS  book  we  have  recorded  some  of  the  noteworthy  advances  which 
have  been  made  by  our  various  organizations  in  an  effort  to  reach  the 
goals  which  the  denomination  set  for  itself  in  the  adoption  at  Denver  of 
the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Survey.  This  recital  of  facts  must  be  a 
cause  of  thanksgiving  to  everyone  who  loves  the  Kingdom  of  our  Lord  and 
prays  for  its  coming.  We  stand  aside  and  behold  what  God  hath  wrought. 

There  is  one  shadow  that  casts  itself  over  the  record  of  these  years  and 
we  cannot  run  from  it.  It  persists  in  following  us.  Despite  all  this  splendid 
record  of  achievements  and  this  greatly  increased  giving  our  national  mis¬ 
sionary  societies  are  embarrassed  by  debts.  They  are  the  burden  not  of 
administrators  only  but  of  every  sympathetic  Baptist  into  whose  heart  has 
entered  the  burden  of  our  “Marching  Orders.” 

The  debts  of  these  organizations  at  the  close  of  the  last  fiscal  year, 
April  30,  1922,  were  reported  as  follows: 


American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society .  $914,262.50 

Woman’s  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society .  .  398,415.90 

The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society .  176,326.23 

Woman’s  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society .  182,340.73 

The  American  Baptist  Publication  Society .  *30,209.69 

General  Board  of  Promotion .  tL066.760.98 


Total .  $2,768,316.03 


*This  does  not  include  the  debt  on  the  Business  Department,  as  explained  on  page  53. 

tOf  this  indebtedness,  1846,954.76  was  for  the  balance  of  the  unmet  expenses  of  the  Interchurch  World 
Movement.  In  accordance  with  the  vote  of  the  Indianapolis  Convention  this  balance  has  been  pro  rated 
among  organizations  participating  in  the  New  World  Movement  as  follows: 


National  Societies  and  Boards  .  $427,339.50 

Schools  and  Colleges  .  245,972.60 

^  State  Conventions  . 121,792.09 

'  Standard  City  Mission  Societies  .  51,850.57 


This  leaves  a  balance  of  indebtedness  for  the  Board  of  Promotion  on  account  of  its  own  expenses  as  of 
April  30,  1922,  of  $219,806.22. 

But  why  these  heavy  deficits  when  our  receipts  have  been  on  such  an 
increased  scale?  The  reasons  should  be  known  to  all. 

1.  The  adoption  of  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Survey  was  rightly 
construed  by  the  organizations  as  the  instructions  of  the  denomination  to 
plan  their  work  on  the  basis  of  a  great  advance.  Accordingly  the  organiza¬ 
tions  planned  their  work  immediately  after  the  Denver  Convention  on  an 
advanced  basis.  The  denomination  ordered  the  colors  forward,  but  scores 
of  our  churches  did  not  come  up  to  the  colors. 

2.  None  of  us  has  forgotten  how  the  cost  of  living  leaped  forward  in 
1918-1920.  There  is  a  “cost  of  living”  in  the  missionary  world  and  it  rose 
to  unheard-of  peaks.  Missionary  salaries  had  to  be  increased,  missionary 
transportation  exceeded  any  previous  standards,  building  materials  soared 
in  the  Orient  and  the  Occident.  Missionary  societies  like  thousands  of 
business  firms,  were  “caught.” 

“With  friends  there  is  not  such  a  word  as  debt” 


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3.  Missionary  operations  on  the  foreign  field  have  to  be  financed  in  the 
currency  of  the  country  in  which  they  are  carried  on.  In  the  Orient  this 
currency  is  in  silver  and  following  the  war  the  value  of  silver  rose  xo  un¬ 
precedented  heights.  An  American  gold  dollar  would  buy  less  silver  as  it 
wrould  buy  less  butter,  as  we  all  know  to  our  sorrow.  This  unexpected  rise 
in  the  price  of  silver  cost  our  foreign  mission  societies  over  $200,000  in  a 
single  year. 

4.  It  will  be  readily  recognized  that  all  of  our  missionary  societies  must 
provide,  first  of  all,  for  the  maintenance  of  their  regular  work.  That  is, 
they  must  pay  the  salaries  of  their  missionaries;  they  must  pay  their  travel 
to  and  from  the  home  land;  they  must  keep  their  buildings  in  repair;  they 
must  supply  their  colporters  with  their  Bibles.  To  fail  to  do  these  things 
would  be  to  break  trust  with  their  missionaries.  If  the  societies  were  free  to 
use  all  their  first  receipts  for  these  regular  expenses,  letting  the  meeting  of 
equipment  and  building  needs  be  conditional  upon  the  receipt  of  funds  in 
excess  of  these  operating  expenses,  then,  although  the  work  would  suffer — - 
missionaries  continuing  to  live  in  unsuitable  and  unsanitary  houses,  stu¬ 
dents  being  turned  away  from  over-crowded  schools,  compelled  to  give  up  all 
hope  of  a  Christian  education,  many  left  to  suffer  and  die  when  medical 
assistance  would  save  their  lives,  churches  being  disheartened  and  perhaps 
disbanded  because  of  no  buildings  in  which  to  worship  and  untold  oppor¬ 
tunities  to  “turn  many  to  righteousness”  lost — still  there  would  probably 
have  been  no  deficits.  But  the  societies  are  not  free  to  do  so. 

5.  Many  of  our  generous  donors  became  interested  in  seeing  particular 
specific  projects  carried  through.  They  designated  their  money  to  build  a 
hospital,  or  a  missionary  home,  or  a  school  building  or  a  chapel.  The 
money  so  designated  must  be  used  for  these  purposes  and  always  is  so  used. 
This  has  made  possible  the  splendid  advance  which  has  been  outlined  in 
these  pages,  but  these  new  projects  have  added  to  our  running  expenses 
and  money  invested  in  them  has  not  been  available  for  meeting  these  first 
obligations.  So  though  the  receipts  of  the  societies  have  been  greatly  in¬ 
creased,  they  have  found  themselves  without  sufficient  funds  to  care  for 
their  regular  expenses  and  have  thus  been  involved  in  heavy  deficits. 

These  deficits  are,  it  is  true,  a  heavy  burden,  but  we  shall  not  allow 
ourselves  to  be  disheartened  by  them.  We  shall  accept  them  as  a  challenge 
to  attempt  even  greater  things  for  our  Lord. 


“Crulp  our  gibing  is  tfje  straight 
measure  of  our  Christianity” 


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The  General  Board  of  Promotion 

“I  will  go  anywhere,  -provided  it  is  forward” 

IT  WAS  more  than  100  years  after  David  Livingstone  gave  to  the  world 
these  words  with  their  courageous  and  eager  ring,  when  in  1919  Northern 
Baptists,  in  something  of  the  same  spirit,  set  their  faces  toward  a  distant 
goal  and  began  to  move  confidently  toward  it.  The  story  of  progress  al¬ 
ready  made  in  reaching  this  goal  is  told  in  the  preceding  pages.  In  them  is 
recorded  the  distance  traveled  by  the  societies,  conventions,  boards  and 
institutions  which  united  in  the  move.  But  no  mention  has  yet  been  made 
of  the  organization  which  has  been  at  once  the  servant  and  the  friend  of 
these  fellow-travelers,  the  General  Board  of  Promotion. 

When  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention,  at  its  meeting  in  Atlantic 
City  in  1918,  requested  the  National  Committee  of  Northern  Baptist  Lay¬ 
men  “to  make  a  study  of  the  general  needs  of  the  denomination  from  the 
standpoint  of  the  laymen,  with  a  view  to  recommending  a  plan  for  securing 
more  efficient  cooperation  in  their  finances  between  the  societies  and  boards 
of  the  Convention,”  it  could  not  foresee  the  far-reaching  effects  of  this  ac¬ 
tion.  The  laymen’s  committee  presented  as  a  part  of  its  report  to  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention  in  Denver,  in  1919,  the  reports  of  two  sub¬ 
committees  which  it  had  appointed  to  make  a  detailed  study  of  the  situa¬ 
tion.  One  of  these  was  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Survey,  which 
pointed  out  the  goals  to  be  reached;  the  other  was  the  report  which  recom¬ 
mended  the  creation  of  the  General  Board  of  Promotion,  as  a  factor  in 
making  those  goals  possible  of  attainment.  The  Northern  Baptist  Con¬ 
vention  adopted  both  of  these  reports  so  fraught  with  significance  for  the 
future  of  Northern  Baptists. 

The  General  Board  of  Promotion  was  created  as  a  body  “large  enough 
to  be  thoroughly  representative,  and  small  enough  to  be  genuinely  delibera¬ 
tive.”  It  has  not  been  an  organization  apart  from  and  independent  of  the 
national,  state  and  other  organizations  which  it  was  created  to  serve.  It  is 
these  organizations  functioning  together  cooperatively  in  the  accomplish¬ 
ment  of  a  task  which  is  common  to  all.  It  has  within  its  membership 
officers  of  all  these  organizations,  together  with  other  members,  including 
women,  laymen  and  ministers,  widely  representative  of  the  denomination. 

From  the  date  of  its  organization  to  the  present  time,  the  Board  has 
endeavored  to  discharge  the  responsibility  which  the  Convention  entrusted 
to  it,  namely:  “That  it  serve  the  denomination  as  the  cooperative  agency 
of  the  various  boards,  societies,  state  conventions,  city  mission  societies 
and  educational  institutions  for  disseminating  information  about  them  and 
raising  money  for  them.” 

The  Board  has  not  assumed  or  been  expected  to  take  over  any  of  the 
administrative  functions  of  these  organizations.  It  has  no  responsibility 
whatever  for  the  manner  in  which  the  money  it  raises  for  the  various  or¬ 
ganizations  is  administered.  Its  supreme  concern  is  to  disseminate  infor- 


“To  he  satisfied  is  to  stand  still” 


72 


mation  concerning  their  work  and  to  seek  to  arouse  the  interest  and  sup¬ 
port  of  Northern  Baptists  in  behalf  of  these  activities. 

The  widely  varied  activities  of  the  Board  may  be  classified  as  follows: 

a.  Preparation  and  Distribution  of  Literature.  Provision  has 
been  made  in  the  expense  budget  of  the  Board  for  the  printing  and  distribu¬ 
tion  of  the  promotional  literature  on  behalf  of  all  the  organizations.  This 
literature  was  formerly  printed  and  distributed  at  the  expense  of  the  sev¬ 
eral  societies  and  boards. 

b.  Publicity.  The  Board  has  furnished  to  the  denominational  and 
secular  press  material  calculated  to  give  the  widest  publicity  concerning 
all  phases  of  our  denominational  activities. 

c.  Special  Programs.  The  Board  furnishes  suggested  programs  for  the 
use  of  local  churches,  embracing  such  important  topics  as  stewardship,  the 
prayer  life,  life  enlistment,  the  every-member-canvass,  the  use  and  distribu¬ 
tion  of  literature,  etc. 

d.  Stereopticon  Lectures  and  Moving  Pictures.  This  activity  has 
been  developed  more  largely  during  the  last  two  years  than  in  any  previous 
period  of  our  history.  We  are  not  yet,  however,  able  to  supply  the  full  de¬ 
mands  of  our  people  for  stereopticon  lectures  and  motion  pictures. 

e.  Missionary  Conferences  and  Institutes.  The  holding  of  mis¬ 
sionary  conferences  and  institutes  in  various  parts  of  the  country  for  the 
purpose  of  stimulating  interest  in  the  varied  activities  carried  on  by  the 
denomination  is  a  vital  part  of  the  united  program. 

/.  Deputation  Work.  The  Board  assigns  speakers,  including  national, 
state  and  city  secretaries  and  board  members,  home  and  foreign  missionaries 
and  volunteer  workers  (ministers,  laymen  and  women)  to  state  conventions 
and  associational  and  other  group  meetings,  as  well  as  to  the  local  churches. 

g.  Publication  of  The  Baptist  and  Missions.  Northern  Baptists  have 
two  periodicals  which  are  owned  and  published  by  the  Northern  Baptist 
Convention — The  Baptist  and  Missions. 

h.  Collection  and  Distribution  of  Funds.  The  Board  receives  and 
distributes  all  funds  contributed  through  it  to  the  work  of  the  denomination 
in  accordance  with  the  wishes  of  the  donors. 

Tangible  results  of  the  activity  of  the  Board  are  revealed  in  the 
subscription  by  our  people  of  pledges  amounting  to  $48,724,510  payable 
on  or  before  May  1,  1924.  Up  to  April  30,  1922,  there  had  been  collected 
and  distributed  $27,405,672.35.  In  spite  of  adverse  economic  condition? 
the  last  two  years  have  yielded  far  larger  income  for  the  common  work  o" 
Northern  Baptists  than  any  previous  two  years  of  our  history.  According 
to  the  statistics  compiled  for  the  United  Stewardship  Council,  embracing 
the  record  of  giving  for  25  denominations,  the  per  capita  giving  of  North¬ 
ern  Baptists  for  1922  for  missions  and  benevolences  was  $7.16.  This  is  the 
largest  per  capita  contribution  of  any  of  the  25  denominations  with  a  mem¬ 
bership  of  500,000  or  more. 

The  expense  of  the  Board  for  the  service  rendered  to  the  denomination 
up  to  April  30,  1922,  was  $2,526,853.32.  This  is  9.2  per  cent  of  the  amount 
collected.  This  figure  includes  the  expense  of  promotional  work  in  the  36 
states  which  are  cooperating  in  our  program.  It  represents  also  the  neces¬ 
sarily  heavy  cost  incident  to  the  beginning  of  so  large  an  undertaking.  The 
heavy  expenses  of  the  first  two  years  are  not  being  repeated. 

.  “ Nothing  great  was  ever  achieved  without  enthusiasm” 


73 


The  Board  is  now  conducting  its  work  on  the  basis  of  an  operating  bud¬ 
get  of  $300,000  a  year.  At  least  75  per  cent  of  this  expense  is  for  types  of 
work  formerly  carried  on  by  the  participating  organizations  themselves. 

In  view  of  the  receipts  the  last  two  years,  the  amount  due  on  pledges 
already  in  force,  and  the  probable  income  from  other  sources  during  the 
current  year,  the  Convention  at  Indianapolis  unanimously  accepted  as  our 


( MO. BAPT.  C0NV.  Q3^  FOREIGN-SPEAKING  l 
jB.y.RU.OFA.  Q3/£  /BOOIESjr* 

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HOW  OUR  GIFTS  ARE  DIVIDED 


goal  for  the  current  year  $10,000,000  of  distributable  funds  in  addition  to 
and  apart  from  designated  gifts. 

Receipts  for  the  year  are  to  be  distributed  in  accordance  with  the  fol¬ 
lowing  provisions: 

1.  All  designated  funds  to  be  paid  to  organizations  for  which  the  donors 
designate  them. 

“ Nothing  great  was  ever  achieved  without  enthusiasm" 


74 


Note:  All  contributions  not  applying  on  pledges  made  prior  to  Novem¬ 
ber  15,  1921,  and  designated  for  the  work  of  any  society  or  board  will  be 
paid  to  the  organization  for  which  donors  designate  them  in  addition  to  the 
organization’s  pro  rata  share  of  distributable  funds. 

2.  The  first  $7,000,000  of  distributable  funds  to  be  pro  rated  on  the 


following  percentage  basis: 

Amount  Per  cent 

American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society . . .  $1,148,350  .16405 

Woman’s  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society .  408,660  .05838 

The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society .  508,410  .07263 

Woman’s  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society .  310,100  .04430 

The  American  Baptist  Publication  Society .  187,390  .02677 

The  Ministers  and  Missionaries  Benefit  Board .  548,450  .07835 

The  Board  of  Education .  120,050  .01715 

Schools  and  Colleges .  1,859,970  .26571 

Northern  Baptist  Convention .  23,500  .00337 

Baptist  Young  People’s  Union .  20,000  .00285 

State  Conventions .  931,420  .13306 

State  Conventions  (promotion  budgets) .  200,000  .02857 

Standard  City  Mission  Societies .  392,070  .05601 

General  Board  of  Promotion .  280,000  .04000 

Foreign-speaking  Bodies .  36,630  .00523 

Federal  Council  of  Churches  of  Christ  in  America .  25,000  .00357 


$7,000,000  1.0000 

3.  The  first  claim  upon  distributable  funds  beyond  the  first  $7,000,000  up 
to  about  $750,000  to  be  used  to  meet  one-half  of  the  under-payments  of 
previous  years  to  The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society,  The  Ministers 
and  Missionaries  Benefit  Board,  fifty-two  schools  and  colleges,  and.  two 
state  conventions  (Wisconsin  and  Michigan). 

4.  After  the  total  distributable  income  has  reached  $7,750,000  all 
additional  distributable  funds  shall  be  paid  to  participating  organizations 
on  the  pro  rata  percentage  basis  of  their  askings  in  the  New  World  Move¬ 
ment  Survey  as  revised  at  Indianapolis,  November  14,  1921. 

In  its  work  as  an  agency  to  promote  the  entire  denominational  pro¬ 
gram,  and  in  its  endeavors  to  win  the  allegiance  of  all  to  the  whole  task 
of  Northern  Baptists, the  General  Board  of  Promotion  is  confident  that"  we 
are  responsible  for  more  than  we  can  do— what  we  can  do  alone  and  what 
Christ  can  do  through  us.” 


4<®0c  face  tf )t  trageby  of  a  bytttg  toorlb,  anb  tfjc 
peril  of  a  nation,  riel)  beyonb  all  compare,  calleb 
of  (Sob  to  serbice,  anb  hesitating  in  bet  choice 
bettoeen  a  life  of  selfish  tnbulgence  anb  a  life  of 
sacrificial  ettbeabor.  QTbis  constitutes  an  emer¬ 
gency  unparalleleb  in  all  the  Christian  centuries.” 


75 


Table  I.— A  STRIKING  COMPARISON 


This  column  indicates  how  This  column  indicates  how 
we  gave  the  year  previous  we  gave  the  first  year  after 
Contributing  to  payments  on  New  World  securing  New  World  Move- 
Group  Movement  pledges  ment  pledges 

Apr.  1,  1919-Apr.  30,  1920  May  1,  1920-Apr.  30,  1921 

Arizona .  $9,799.85  $26,879.31 

California,  North .  50,727.00  150,846.89 

California,  South .  140,328.00  420,980.86 

Colorado .  29,165.00  137,030.48 

Connecticut .  56,384.00  287,108.55 

Delaware .  8,311.00  12,441.96 

District  of  Columbia.  .  .  .  11,336.00  25,825.63 

Idaho .  10,422.00  28,129.36 

Illinois .  100,160.00  703,719.43 

Indiana .  102,989.39  327,679.99 

Iowa .  130,235.39  271,634.36 

Kansas .  71,368.00  260,056.77 

Maine .  65,999.00  167,192.68 

Massachusetts .  184,941.00  946,430.06 

Michigan .  93,906.00  377,760.16 

Minnesota .  90,857.00  222,667.47 

Missouri .  1,122.16  78,866.35 

Montana .  9,163.20  20,866.29 

Nebraska .  62,966.91  152,937.14 

Nevada .  1,536.00  5,580.99 

New  Hampshire .  61,800.00  99,299.62 

New  Jersey .  126,327.88  621,490.76 

New  York  State .  374,756.74  1,226,003.63 

New  York  City .  685,887.00  1,735,192.02 

North  Dakota .  5,582.00  35,846.24 

Ohio .  110,056.34  637,303.64 

Oregon .  11,790.00  92,325.87 

Pennsylvania .  264,131.78  1,021,597.43 

Rhode  Island .  23,505.00  173,869.07 

South  Dakota .  20,000.00  55,682.84 

Utah .  2,092.00  4,217.19 

Vermont .  38,453.86  83,065.98 

Washington,  East .  26,969.00  87,035.06 

Washington,  West .  27,805.00  88,946.93 

West  Virginia .  40,237.00  229,266.59 

Wisconsin .  37,596.17  122,637.64 

Wyoming .  4,513.00  13,184.80 

Total .  $3,125,755.18  $10,508,468.02 


Table  II.— AMOUNTS  PAID  ORGANIZATIONS  ON  THEIR 
ASKINGS  THE  FIRST  THREE  YEARS  * 


Askings 
Revised  as  of 

Name  of  Organization  November  1,  1921 

American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society.  .  .  .  $17,263,766.00 
Woman’s  American  Baptist  For.  Miss.  Soc. .  .  .  6,044,305.00 

American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society .  10,173,790.00 

Woman’s  American  Baptist  Home  Miss.  Soc. .  . .  3,542,503.00 

American  Baptist  Publication  Society .  2,299,925.00 

Ministers  and  Missionaries  Benefit  Board .  8,550,500.00 

Board  of  Education .  930,000.00 

Schools  and  Colleges .  30,010,000.00 

Northern  Baptist  Convention .  60,000.00 

Baptist  Young  People’s  Union  of  America  ....  75,000.00 

State  Conventions .  11,938,200.00 

Standard  City  Mission  Societies .  4,974,932.00 

General  Board  of  Promotion .  4,000,000.00 


Receipts 
April  1, 1919,  to 
April  30,  1922 
$4,737,711.48 
2,075,637.15 
2,897,006.66 
993,358.68 
784,818.05 
1,253,118.56 
325,815.79 
4,229,211.06 
40,424.22 
36,928.55 
3,902,119.40 
1,323,047.47 
2,235,716.78 


$99,862,921.00  $24,834,913.85 


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State  Conventions: 

Arizona . 

California,  North. 
California,  South. , 

Colorado . 

Connecticut . 

Delaware . 

Idaho . 

Illinois . 

Indiana . 

Iowa . 

Kansas . 

Maine . 

Massachusetts. . .  . 

Michigan . 

Minnesota . 

Montana . 

Nebraska . 

Nevada . 

New  Hampshire.  . 

New  Jersey . 

New  York . 

North  Dakota. . . . 

Ohio . 

Oregon  . 

Pennsylvania. . . . . 

Rhode  Island . 

South  Dakota 

Utah . 

Vermont . 

Washington,  East. 
Washington,  West 
West  Virginia 

Wisconsin . 

Wyoming . 


Standard  City  Mission  Societies: 

Brooklyn . . 

Buffalo . . 

Chicago . 

Cleveland . 

Detroit.  . .  . . 

Los  Angeles . 

New  York . 

Philadelphia . * , 

Pittsburgh . 

St.  Louis . 

San  Francisco . 


$114,343.00 

670,001.00 

565,723.00 

276,721.00 

251,313.00 

18,054.00 

152,060.00 

369,057.00 

673,435.00 

487,750.00 

272,250.00 

284,760.00 

754,876.00 

602,641.00 

479,411.00 

123,000.00 

419,447.00 

26,000.00 

124,874.00 

610,862.00 

736,356.00 

116,706.00 

826,863.00 

429,173.00 

413,787.00 

108,427.00 

206,466.00 

25,954.00 

201,990.00 

293,543.00 

373,230.00 

188,026.00 

602,436.00 

138,665.00 


$11,938,200.00 

$528,027.00 

379,592.00 

577,236.00 

384,830.00 

673,448.00 

192,405.00 

1,081,855.00 

587,651.00 

472,388.00 

50,000.00 

47,500.00 


$4,974,932.00 


$41,503.61 

173,064.35 

305.114.99 

90.920.78 

112,758.93 

8,106.55 

38,920.56 

152,923.09 

222,731.42 

116.876.68 
103,779.40 

84.894.79 
176,879.85 

108.995.81 

162.473.68 
27,551.11 

177,163.35 

9,237.16 

70,002.28 

172,563.78 

253,220.25 

37,966.68 

264.829.82 
79,359.37 

165.551.99 
60,741.34 
59,063.70 

6,208.21 

132,246.34 

104,963.48 

143,026.98 

93,730.33 

112,352.52 

32,396.22 


$3,902,119.40 

$132,387.98 

89,194.82 

119.648.79 

85,974.24 

157,950.36 

131,835.87 

332.520.93 
134,098.89 

107.498.93 
19,482.70 
12,453.96 


$1,323,047.47 


*These  figures  in  fact,  only  represent  two  years  of  increased  giving,  as  the  higher 
standard  of  giving  did  not  become  effective  until  the  second  year. 


77 


Table  III.— SCHOOLS  AND  COLLEGES 


ALLOTMENTS  IN  ONE  HUNDRED  MILLION  DOLLAR  BUDGET 
AND  RECEIPTS  TO  MAY  1,  1922 


Colleges 

Bates . 

Brown . 

Bucknell . 

Carleton . 

Colby . 

Colgate . 

Denison . 

Des  Moines . 

Franklin . 

Grand  Island . 

Hillsdale . 

Kalamazoo . 

Keuka . 

Linfield . 

Ottawa . 

Redlands . 

Shurtleff . 

Sioux  Falls . 

William  Jewell . 

Junior  Colleges 

Broaddus . 

Colorado . 

Frances  Shimer . 

Hardin . 

Rio  Grande . 

Stephens . 

Cedar  Valley . 

Academies 

Alderson . 

Coburn . 

Colby . 

Cook . 

Hebron . 

Higgins . 

Keystone . 

Maine  Central . 

Peddie  Institute .  .  .  . 

Pillsbury . 

Ricker . 

Suffield . 

Vermont . 

Wayland . 

Theological  Seminaries 

Berkeley . 

Chicago . 

Crozer . 

Kansas  City . 

Newton . 

Northern . 

Rochester . 

Swedish . 

Training  Schools 

Chicago . 

Philadelphia . 

Danish . 

Norwegian . 

Residences . 

Adjustments . 


Survey 

Allotment 

$500,000 

500,000 

1,500,000 

1,000,000 

850,000 

1,450,000 

3,500,000 

1,785,000 

1,250,000 

385,000 

745,000 

1,000,000 

833,334 

700,000 

850,000 

1,142,500 

725,000 

525,000 

500,000 

500,000 

520,000 

332,000 

100,000 

155,000 

350,000 

100,000 

175,000 
315,000 
475,000 
416,666 
100,000 
100,000 
190,000 
160,000 
830,000 
400,000 
175,000 
^00, 000 
200,000 
150,000 

565,000 

250,000 

100,000 

350,000 

800,000 

250,000 

500,000 

375,000 

375,000 

375,000 

25,500 

50,000 

100,000 

210,000 


$30,010,000 


Received  to 
May,  1922 
$57,433.63 

66.410.28 
172,336.15 
113,693.17 

96,655.03 

295,134.13 

396,273.23 

223,071.37 

219,537.91 

74.924.38 
103,712.12 
114,755.36 

95.843.28 

79.647.67 
96,868.22 

144,247.80 

82,461.17 

59.874.77 

56.270.67 

70,817.06 

74,359.55 

50,771.66 

11,311.71 

17.603.39 

39.868.13 
18,885.00 

77.426.77 
35,751.41 
63,832.24 

53.800.95 
11,370.81 
11,465.32 

31,584.80 

18.287.40 

94.320.13 

46.166.95 
19,830.74 
22,768.65 

122,000.80 

17,080.91 

64,683.88 

17,954.53 

11,336.98 

49,325.20 

91,063.22 

28.406.96 
61,256.52 
42,042.31 

42,638.06 

42,638.79 

2,882.93 

5,667.80 

12.203.28 


$3,930,555.18 


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Table  IV 

1.— AMERICAN  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSION  SOCIETY 

Income 

1917-1919 


From  Churches  and  Individuals — General  Purposes .  12,127,512.03 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — Specific  Purposes .  255,024.27 

From  Endowments,  Annuities.  Legacies,  etc. — General  Purposes .  716,275.12 

From  Endowments,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc.— Specific  Purposes .  . 


Total . i . . 

Received  for  Permanent  Endowment .  $117,961.30 

Received  for  Annuity  Agreements .  702,006.94 

1920-1922 

Applying  on  New  World  Movement: 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — General  Purposes .  $3,379,455.85 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — Specific  Purposes .  399,004.47 

From  Endowments,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc.— General  Purposes. . .  838,474.90 

From  Endowments,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc. — Specific  Purposes. .  .  101,000.00 


Total . 

Not  Applying  on  New  World  Movement: 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — General  Purposes .  $484,928.31 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — Specific  Purposes .  449,191.33 

From  Endowments,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc. — General  Purposes. . .  403,554.12 

From  Endowments,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc. — Specific  Purposes. . .  236,677.70 


Total . 

Grand  Total 


Received  for  Permanent  Endowment,  including  gifts  of  Mr.  Rockefeller  $5,096,036.97 
Received  for  Annuity  Agreements .  415,104.06 

Outgo 

1917-1919 

For  Operating  Budgets,  including  Specifics .  $3,091,395.78 

For  New  Buildings  and  Property .  417,823.55 

For  Temporary  Funds .  35,910.30 


Total . 

Added  to  Permanent  Endowments .  $117,961.36 

Added  to  Annuity  Reserve .  762,006.94 

1920-1922 

For  Operating  Budgets,  including  Specifics . .  $5,378,406.05 

For  New  Buildings  and  Property .  1,274,959.40 


Total . 

Added  to  Permanent  Endowment . .  $5,090,036.97 

Added  to  Annuity  Reserve .  415,10406 


Statement  of  Assets  and  Liabilities  for  the  Years  Ended 
March  31,  1919  anu  April  30,  1922 
Assets  and  Deficit 

Mar.  31,  1919 


Investments:  Permanent  and  Temporary  Fund  and  Annuities .  $3,412,599.52 

Cash  and  General  Funds .  134,559.57 

Accounts  and  Notes  Receivable . 474,134.39 

Advances .  68,700.10 

Home  Treasurer’s  Sight  Drafts— Contra . 753,000.00 

Accumulated  Deficit .  446,318.21 


$5,289,311.79 

Liabilities 

Reserves  for  Permanent  and  Temporary  Funds,  and  Annuities .  $3,412,599.52 

Miscellaneous  Reserves .  98,523.60 

Notes  Payable .  225.000.00 

Accounts  Payable .  15,727.33 

Mission  Treasurers'  Deposit  Liabilities — Net .  34,679.10 

Foreign  Field  Appropriation  Balances  against  which  charges  have  not 

yet  been  reported .  749 ,782.24 

Home  Treasurer's  Sight  Drafts — Contra .  753,000.00 


$5,289,311.79 

including  permanent  fund  established  by  Mr.  Rockefeller. 


$3.098,811,42 


$4,717,935.28 


1,574,351,52 


$6.292,280.80 


$3.545,129,63 


$6,053,306.05 


Apr.  29,  1922 

*$8,612,337.91 

530,279.78 

1,101,597.00 

274,210.05 

110,000.00 

914,262.50 


$11,542,087.24 

$8,612,337.91 

453,959.95 

1,050,000.00 

20,292.05 

90,747.22 

1,205,350.11 

110,000.00 


$11,542,687.24 


79 


2.— WOMAN’S  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSION  SOCIETY 


Income 

1917-1919 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — General  Purposes .  $1,020,172.90 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — Specific  Purposes .  140,750.98 

From  Endowments,  Legacies,  etc. — General  Purposes .  98,089.09 

From  Endowments,  Legacies,  etc. — Specific  Purposes .  . 

Total,  1917-1919 . . .  $1,259.013.03 


1920-1922 

Applying  on  New  World  Movement: 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — General  Purposes .  $1,339,049.03 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — Specific  Purposes .  703,364.32 

From  Endowments,  Legacies,  etc. — General  Purposes .  112,731.16 

From  Endowments,  Legacies,  etc. — Specific  Purposes .  . 

$2,155,144.51 

Not  Applying  on  New  World  Movement: 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — General  Purposes .  $6,643.75 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — Specific  Purposes .  14,486.91 

Jubilee  Gifts  Counting  on  Victory  Campaign .  28,629.63 

Transferred  from  Rockefeller  Legacy .  96,770.12 

Victory  Campaign  Gifts .  181,438.51 


$327,968.92 

Total,  1920-1922  .  $2,483,113.43 


Outgo 

1917-1919 

Operating  Budget .  $1,322,543.41 

Specific  Budget .  11,492.16 

Specific  Budget  (Rockefeller  Legacy  Fund) .  124,686.14 


$1,458,721.71 

1920-1922 

Operating  Budget .  , . $1,882,920.97 

Specific  Budget .  142,343.22 

Specific  Budget  (Rockefeller  Fund) .  138,795.12 

Specific  Budget  (Jubilee  Fund) .  188,293.62 

Specific  Budget  (Victory  Campaign) .  47,848.96 

For  Deficit  of  1917-18 .  39,256.01 

For  Deficit  of  1918-19 .  26,248.73 


$2,465,706.63 

Balance  Sheet,  March  31,  1919 
Assets 

Investments .  $356,203.51 


Total  Assets .  $356,203.51 


Deficit .  $26,248.73 


$382,452.24 

Liabilities 

Cash,  Permanent  and  Temporary  Funds .  $356,203.51 

Accounts  payable  to  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society .  26,248.73 


Total  Liabilities .  $382,452,24 


Balance  Sheet,  April  29,  1922 
Assets 

Investments .  $842,965.34 

Accounts  receivable — General  Board  of  Promotion .  45,708.65 

Total  Assets .  $888,673.99 


Accumulated  deficit .  $398,415.90 


$1,287,089.89 

Liabilities 

Cash,  Permanent  and  Temporary  Funds .  $842,965.34 

Accounts  payable  to  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society .  444,124.55 

Total  Liabilities .  $1,287,089.89 


80 


3.— THE  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 
Summary  of  Income  Received  During  the  Three  Years  Ended  March  31,  1919 


Contributions  from  Churches  and  Individuals: 

For  General  Purposes .  $1,178,810.32 

For  Specific  Purposes .  55,678.69 


Income  from  Invested  Funds,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc.,  for  Ceneral 
Purposes:  , 

Income  from  Investments .  $217,670.61 

Matured  Annuities  (Net) . 17,527.85 

Legacies .  359,617.24 


Income  from  Invested  Funds,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc.,  for  Specific 
Purposes: 

Income  from  Investments .  $20,800.91 

Miscellaneous  (includes  General  Education  Board  appropriations)...  26,179.13 


Total . 

Additions  to  Permanent  Trust  Funds  during  the  three  years  (including 

legacies  to  be  held  in  trust) .  $68,844.21 

Annuity  Gifts  received  during  the  three  years .  666,518.78 


$1,234,489.01 


594,815.70 


46,98004 
$  1,876,284.75 


Summary  of  Income  Received  During  the  Three  Years  Ended  April  30,  1922 


New  World  Movement  Receipts: 

Contributions  from  Churches  and  Individuals  for  General  Purposes.  . 
Contributions  from  Churches  and  Individuals  for  Specific  Purposes. . 
Income  from  Invested  Funds,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc., 


for  General  Purposes: 

Income  from  Investments .  $299,066.60 

Matured  Annuities  (Net) .  31,292.63 

Legacies .  506,617.46 


$1,678,918.87 

240,040.50 


836,976.69 


Receipts  Outside  New  World  Movement: 

Contributions  from  Churches  and  Individuals  for 
Specific  Purposes: 

National  Committee  Northern  Baptist  Laymen.  .  .  .  $356,642.14 

For  Murrow  Indian  Orphans  Home .  79,800.00 

Miscellaneous . . .  13,531.79 


Income  from  Invested  Funds,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc., 
for  Specific  Purposes: 

Income  from  Investments .  $701,845.10 

General  Education  Board .  473,600.97 


$449,973.93 


1,175,446.07 


$2,755,936.00 


1,625,420.00 


Total . . 

Additions  to  Permanent  Trust  Funds  during  the  three  years  (including 


gifts  from  Mr.  Rockefeller  and  legacies  to  be  held  in  trust) .  $5,298,067.30 

Annuity  Gifts  received  during  the  three  years .  362,168.85 


$4,381,356.06 


Summary  of  Outgo  During  the  Three  Years  Ended  March  31,  1919 

Operating  Budget — General  Fund .  $1,802,205.50 

Designated  Fund  Expenditures .  61,540.75 

-  $1,863,746.25 

♦Equipment: 

Operating  Budget  (including  specifics) .  $143,272.71 

Designated  Funds .  32,213.74 

-  175,486.45 


$2,039,232.70 


Summary  of  Outgo  During  the  Three  Years  Ended  April  30,  1922 

Operating  Budget — General  Fund . $2,711,480.26 

Designated  Fund  Expenditures .  449,988.92 

-  $3,161,469.18 

♦Equipment: 

Operating  Budget  (including  specifics) .  $311,504.14 

Designated  Funds .  822,043.04 

-  1,133,547.18 


$4,295,016.36 

♦New  buildings,  improvements  and  equipment  and  appropriations  to  churches  for  buildings. 


81 


Statement  of  Assets  and  Liabilities  for  the  Years  Ended  March  31,  1919,  and  April  30,  1922 


Total  Assets 


March  31,  1919  April  30,  1922 


a.  Cash  in  Banks  and  in  Transit . 

b.  Securities — Stocks,  Bonds  and  Mortgages . 

c.  Real  Estate . 

d.  Notes  Receivable . 

e.  Accounts  Receivable — General  Board  of  Promotion . 

f.  Other  Assets — School  and  Mission  Properties  and  Miscellaneous 

Items . 

g.  Deficit . . . 


Total  Liabilities 

a.  Notes  Payable . . 

b.  Unpaid  Appropriations . 

c.  General  Fund  (represented  principally  by  school  and  mission 

properties) . . 

Designated  Funds . 

Church  Edifice  Loan  Fund . 

Permanent  Trust  Funds . 

Annuity  Fund . 

Conditional  Fund . 

Legacy  Reserve  Fund . 

Insurance  and  Retirement  Allowance  Reserve  Funds . 


$210,866.22 

3,025,071.54 

273,847.47 

45,852.00 


1,441,248.85 


$4,996,886.08 

$207,000.00 

42,026.80 

1,228,611.10 

80,371.09 

213,587.95 

1,464,587.95 

1,357,049.96 

241,241.98 

162,409.25 


$4,996,886.08 


$569,558.09 

*8,689,112.55 

136,039.58 

219,699.85 

65,982.08 

1,757,463.27 

176,326.23 


$11,614,181.65 

$225,000.00 

127,931.96 

1,764,243.04 

389,874.86 

229,865.78 

6,762,655.25 

1,544,257.49 

234,388.53 

208,236.83 

127,727.91 


$11,614,181.65 


♦Includes  $5,105,420.00  book  value  of  securities  received  from  Mr.  John  D.  Rockefeller. 


4.— WOMAN’S  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

Income 

1917-1919 


Churches  and  Individuals — General  Purposes .  $727,773.16 

Churches  and  Individuals — Specific  Purposes . . .  . 

Income  from  Endowments,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc. — General  Purposes .  141,794.83 


Grand  Total  for  Three  Years .  $869,567.99 


1920-1922 

Churches  and  Individuals — General  Purposes .  $831,071.68 

Churches  and  Individuals — Specific  Purposes .  . 

Income  from  Endowments,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc. — General  Purposes .  114,280.06 

Grand  Total  for  Three  Years . .. .  $945,351.74 

Receipts  not  to  count  on  Hundred  Million,  Victory  Campaign  and  Northern  Baptist 

Laymen  Campaign .  $122,201.43 

Receipts  on  Deficits .  30,535.83 


$1,098,089.00 


Receipts  on  Victory  Campaign  and  Laymen’s  Campaign  were  used  to  clear  up  the  deficits  of  the  three 
years  1916-17,  1917-18,  1918-19,  and  establish  a  Building  and  Equipment  Fund. 

Outgo 

1917-1919 


For  Operating  Budget .  $847,323.65 

For  New  Buildings  and  Endowment .  82,652.46 

1920-1922 

For  Operating  Budget .  $1,193,932.94 

For  New  Buildings  and  Endowment . 107,821.97 


General  Balance  Sheet  March  31,  1919 
Assets 


Real  Estate  and  Other  Fixed  Assets .  $282,315.61 

Securities .  336,992.48 

Cash .  43,571.47 


Total  Assets .  $662,879.56 


82 


Liabilities 

Funds  and  Annuity  Bonds . 

Protective  Annuity  Reserve . 


Capital  Surplus . 

Total  Liabilities 


Balance  Sheet,  April  30,  1922 
Assets 

Real  Estate  (Appraised,  Donated,  and  Purchased  Values) . 

General  Investments . 

Cash . . . 

Accounts  Receivable — General  Board  of  Promotion  of  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention 
Advance  Travel  Expense  Funds . 

Total . 


Liabilities 

Reserves  for  Special  Funds . 

Protective  Annuity  Reserve . 

Notes  Payable . 

Borrowed  Money . 

Net  Capital . 

Total . 


5.— THE  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  PUBLICATION  SOCIETY 
Business  Department 
Income 

Three  Years  Preceding  Denver  Convention,  1916-17  to  1918-19: 


From  Gross  Profit  on  Sales .  $1,175,966.87 

From  Real  Estate,  Investments,  Advertising,  etc .  142,803.91 


Three  Years  Succeeding  Denver  Convention,  1919-20  to  1921-22: 


From  Gross  Profit  on  Sales .  $1,750,448.65 

From  Real  Estate,  Investments,  Advertising,  etc .  255,304.69 


Outgo 

Three  Years  Preceding  Denver  Convention,  1916-17  to  1918-19: 

For  Salaries .  $599,187.12 

For  Interest .  32,841.36 

For  Depreciation .  77,459.99 

For  General  Expenses .  405,229.36 


Three  Years  Succeeding  Denver  Convention,  1919-20  to  1921-22: 

For  Salaries .  $996,504.50 

For  Interest .  51,617.65 

For  Depreciation .  127,695.28 

For  General  Expenses .  598,351.63 


General  Administration  and  Field  Work  Department 
Income 

Three  Years  Preceding  Denver  Convention,  1916-17  to  1918-19: 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — For  General  Purposes . 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — For  Specific  Purposes . 

From  Endowments,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc. — For  General  Purposes . 


Three  Years  Succeeding  Denver  Convention,  1919-20  to  1921-22: 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — For  General  Purposes . 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — For  Specific  Purposes . 

From  Endowments,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc. — For  General  Purposes 


Outgo 

Three  Years  Preceding  Denver  Convention,  1916-17  to  1918-19: 
For  Operating  Budgets . 

Three  Years  Succeeding  Denver  Convention,  1919-20  to  1921-22: 
For  Operating  Budgets . 


$370,352.40 

41,063.00 


$411,415.40 

251,464.16 


$662,879.56 


$384,098.20 

404,872.53 

152,473.03 

36,099.80 

500.00 


$978,043.56 


$430,781.57 

41,063.00 

2,000.00 

335,084.41 

169,114.58 


$978,043.56 


$1,318,770.78 


$2,005,753.34 


$1,114,717.83 


$1,774,109.06 


$434,423.96 

35,512.98 

415,379.47 


$885,316,41 

$482,069.84 

6,416.36 

571,732.24 


$1,060.218.44 


$927,126.85 


$1,052,417.82 


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Balance  Sheet,  March  31,  1919 
Business  Department 
Assets 

Inventories  of  Merchandise  and  Periodicals .  $291,273.49 

Accounts  and  Notes  Receivable .  140,730.82 

Cash .  30,932.27 

Real  Estate,  Plant,  and  Equipment . : .  927,635.17 

Securities  (consisting  of  Ground  Rents  and  Bonds) .  5,600.00 

Advanced  Petty  Cash  (Agencies) .  725.00 

Advanced  to  Branch  Houses .  650.00 


$1,397,546.75 

Liabilities 

Prepaid  Accounts:  Subscriptions  to  Periodicals .  $12,613.22 

Mortgages .  100,000.00 

Unexpended  Interest .  3,012.55 

Bills  Payable . 60,000.00 

Reserve  Account .  50.000.00 

Capital  Account .  1,171,920.98 


$1,397,546.75 

Balance  Sheet,  April  30,  1922 
Business  Department 
Assc  ts 

Inventories .  $620,260.06 

Accounts  Receivable .  206,898.74 

Cash .  107,591.41 

Real  Estate,  Plant  and  Equipment .  966,738.27 

Securities  (consisting  of  Ground  Rents  and  Bonds) .  41,083.94 

Advanced  Petty  Cash  to  Seattle  Agency . 300.00 


$1,942,872.42 


Liabilities 

Prepaid  Accounts:  Subscriptions  to  Periodicals .  $7,614.04 

Mortgages .  300,000.00 

Unexpended  Interest .  7,605.92 

Undistributed  Incomei7-Los  Angeles  Branch . 308.11 

Church  Vacation  and  Week-day  Religious  Schools  Material .  1,405.00 


$316,933.07 

Mortgage  Sinking  Fund . 84,971.78 

Business  Reserve .  35,000.00 

Capital .  1,505,967.57 


$1,942,872.42 


Balance  Sheet,  March  31,  1919 
General  Administration  and  Field  Work  Department 
Assets 

Cash .  $44,310.73 

Investments,  Inventory  and  Receivables .  1,875,191.54 


$1,919,502,27 

Liabilities  - 

Funds . .  $1,873,133.23 

Unexpended  Interest .  6,369.04 

Bills  Payable . . .  *  40,000.00 


$1.919,502.27 

Balance  Sheet,  April  30,  1922 
General  Administration  and  Field  Work  Department 
Assets 

Cash .  $61,278.54 

Investments,  consisting  of  Stocks,  Bonds,  Mortgages,  etc .  2,084,199.08 

Inventory  of  Merchandise .  3,010.62 

Betty  Boswell  Trust  Fund,  Principal .  625.00 

Accounts  and  Notes  Receivable .  1,281.96 


$2,150,395.20 

Debt .  30,209.69 


$2,180.604.89 

Liabilities  - 

Funds .  $2,139,239.24 

Bills  Payable .  40,000.00 

Unpaid  Annuities  held  by  request  of  Annuitants .  478.75 

Accounts  Payable .  886.90 


$2,180,604.89 


6.— THE  MINISTERS  AND  MISSIONARIES  BENEFIT  BOARD 

Income 

1917-1919 

Churches . . . 

Individuals . 

Legacies . 

Annuities . 

Investments . 


Churcnes.  .  . 
Individuals . 
Legacies. . . . 
Annuities. . . 
Investments 


1920-1922 


Outgo 

1917-1919 

Operating  Budget . . 

Work  of  the  Board . 


1920-1922 

Operating  Budget . 

Work  of  the  Board . 

Set  aside  as  Reserve  for  Retiring  Pension  Fund . 


♦Received  in  addition  $637,802.16  not  to  be  counted  in  New  World  Movement. 


7.— THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION 
Income 

Three  Years  Preceding  Denver  Convention: 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — For  General  Purposes . 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — For  Specific  Purposes . 

From  Endowments,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc. — For  General  Purposes. 
From  Endowments,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc. — For  Specific  Purposes.  . 


Three  Years  Succeeding  Denver  Convention: 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — For  General  Purposes . 

From  Churches  and  Individuals — For  Specific  Purposes . 

From  Endowments,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc. — For  General  Purposes 
From  Endowments,  Annuities,  Legacies,  etc. — For  Specific  Purposes. 


Outgo 

Three  Years  Preceding  Denver  Convention: 

For  Operating  Budgets . 

For  New  Buildings  and  Endowments . 


Three  Years  Succeeding  Denver  Convention: 

For  Operating  Budgets . 

For  New  Buildings  and  Endowments . 


Bank  Balance 


Balance  Sheet — 1919 
Assets 


Annuities 


Liabilities 


Balance  Sheet — 1922 
Assets 


Bank  Balance: 

Annuity  Fund .  $517.99 

Frances  Shimer  Fund .  114.20 

University  Residue  Fund . . .  10,942.50 

General  Account . 10,564.74 


Permanent  Fund: 

Bonds  and  Certificates 
Annuity  Fund: 

Bonds . 


Annuities. 


Liabilities 


$134,655.69 

4,623.22 

22,573.93 

8,500.00 

120,720.32 


$291,073.16 

$630,302.69 

127,215.69 

1,219.31 

32,050.00 

*321,477.21 


$1.112,264.90 


$36,576.99 

129,173.06 


$165.750,05 

$72,770.77 

364,459.32 

981,293.50 


$1,418,523.59 


$118,386.65 

176,477.26 

2,025.95 


$.296.889.86 

$286,546.18 

167,701.20 

3,027.30 


$457,274.68 


$84,208.33 

184,550.00 


$268.758.33 

$277,024.70 

177,753.98 


$454,778.68 


S34.596.7S 


$600.00 


$22,139.43 

44,165.55 

1,600.00 


$07,904.9S 

$2,100.00 


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